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and flattened, and sometimes can scarcely be said to exist. Its origin 

 is from the volar (posterior) surface of the radius immediately distal 



il . triceps brachii ^ 

 (caput mediale). 



M. tensor fasciae antibrachii.- - 

 I. flexor digitorum profundus 



M, triceps brachii (capites loiigum 

 et laterale). 



M. brachialis,. 



k 



M. flexor digitorum _ . 

 profundus. 



M. flexor digitorum — 

 sublimis. 



- M. extensor digiti^quinti. 



-M. extensor digitorum 

 communis. 



-- :^^. extensor digiti quinti. 



il. abductor poUicis. 



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'/- 



Fig. 25.-Posterior Aspect of the Radius and Ulna, with Areas of 

 Muscular Attachment. 



to the middle of the bone. The tendon of the radial head joins the 

 main tendon in the neighbourhood of the carpus. 



The very powerful and dense common tendon of the deep flexor 

 traverses the canal aig/ft^cM)}aM0^^fr®f the carpus and will be 



