THE RABBIT. 



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along the dorsal aspect of the corresponding digit, broadens 

 out into a sort of sheath over the metacarpo-phalangeal 



exx.d 



flpd flep.r 



an.l 



abd? "' 

 eocdf 



fLsM- 

 ap.df 

 ex.d? 

 Ib?- 



Fig. 66. — Lepus cuniculus. Muscles of ihe maiius. A, dorsal ; 

 B, ventral (nat. size). 



1 — S> tlifi digits: ab.d.t,, abductor minimi digiti : ai.p, abductor 

 pollicis : an.l, annular ligament : ex.c.d, extensor communis digitorum : 

 ex.cp.r, extensor carpi radialis : ex.cp.u, extensor carpi ulnaris : ex.d.\, 

 extensor quarti digiti : ex.d.$, extensor quinti digiti ; ex.p.i, extensor 

 poUicii et indicis : fl.p.d.m, flexor brevis minimi digiti : fl.p.p, flexor 

 brevis pollicis -.fl.cp.r, flexor carpi radialis -.fl.cp.u, flexor carpi ulnaris : 

 fl.p.d, flexor profundus digitorum -.fl.f.d^, its tendon to the index digit, 

 cut short : fl.s.d, flexor sublimis digitorum : fl.s.d-, its tendon to the 

 second digit partly removed, and its distal end reflected : fl.s.d^, its 

 tendon to the fourth digit partly removed, and having the sheath it forms 

 over the metacarpo-phalangeal articulation cut through and reflected 

 right and left: io, interossei : lb.\, lb.2, /i.3, lumbricales : '- (above), 

 radius : r (below), retinacula, those of the second digit cut through and 

 reflected to show the insertion of the flexor sublimis ; u, ulna. 



