. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Horses; Veterinary anatomy. 270 THE MUSCLES. out in front, and collected behind, where they become slightly fibrous, and unite with the tendon of the great psoas. Attachments.—It has its fixed insertion on the whole of the iliac surface, on the external angle of the ilium, the sacro-iliac ligament, and the ilio-pectineal Ficr. MUSCLES OF THE SUBLUMBAE, PATELLAE, AND INTEENAL CEUEAL REGIONS. 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 f


. The comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals. Horses; Veterinary anatomy. 270 THE MUSCLES. out in front, and collected behind, where they become slightly fibrous, and unite with the tendon of the great psoas. Attachments.—It has its fixed insertion on the whole of the iliac surface, on the external angle of the ilium, the sacro-iliac ligament, and the ilio-pectineal Ficr. MUSCLES OF THE SUBLUMBAE, PATELLAE, AND INTEENAL CEUEAL REGIONS. 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 femoris of the thigh ; 7, vastus intemus ; 8, long adductor of the leg; 9, short adductor of the leg; 11, pectineus; 12, great adductor of the thigh ; 12', small adductor of the thigh; 13, semimembranosus; 14, semitendinosus. A, Portion of the fascia iliaca; B, portion of the membrane reflected from the aponeurosis of the abdominal great oblique muscle, forming the crural arch (Poupart's ligament); C, pubic tendon of the abdominal muscles ; D, origin of the pubio-femoral ligament. crest. Its movable insertion is into the small internal trochanter, in common with the great psoas. Relations.—Above, with the ilium ; below, with the iliac fascia and the long adductor of the leg ; outwardly, with the muscle of ih^ fascia lata and the origin of the rectus femoris, from which it is separated by a space filled with fat ; inwardly, with the crural vessels. It passes between the vastus intemus and the pectineus, to reach the trochanter. Actions.—It is a flexor and rotator outwards of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chauveau, A. (Auguste), 1827-1917; Arloing, S. (Saturnin), 1846-1911; Fleming, George, 1833-1901. New York : Appleton


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