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TES MUSCLES. 



is attached, on the inner aspect of the femur, to the imprints surrounding 



the nutrient foramen— mouabZe insertion. « o .i,- , „j „i„„ 



Action.-The pectineus is an adductor and flexor of the thigh, and also 



rotates it inwardly. 



Fig. 130. 



MUSCLES OF THE StTBLUMBAR, PATELLAE, AND INTERNAL CKUEAL EEQIONS. 



1, Psoas magnus ; 1', Its terminal tendon ; 2, Psoas parvus ; 3, Iliacus ; 4, Its small 

 internal portion ; 5, Muscle of the fascia lata ; 6, Rectus of the thigh ; 7, Vastus 

 internus ; 8, Long adductor of the leg; 9, Short adductor of the leg; 11, Pecti- 

 neus ; 12, Great adductor of the thigh ; 12', Small adductor of the thigh ; 13, 

 Semimembranosus; 14, Semitendinosus. — A, Portion of the iliac fascia; B, 

 Portion of the layer reflected from the aponeurosis of the abdominal great 

 oblique, forramg Poupart's ligament ; c. Pubic tendon of the abdominal muscles ; 

 D, Origin of the pubio-femoral ligament. 



Itelations. — Inwards, with the short adductor of the leg ; outwards and 

 forwards, with the femoral insertion of the psoas magnus and iliacus, the 

 vastus internus, the crural vessels, and the long adductor of the leg ; behind, 

 with the small adductor of the thigh, and, near its superior extremity, with 

 the external obturator. 



