Notes on animal mechanics / by Samuel Haughton. No. VII., On the muscular anatomy of the Macacus nemestrinus.

  • Samuel Haughton
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[1865]
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Credit: Notes on animal mechanics / by Samuel Haughton. No. VII., On the muscular anatomy of the Macacus nemestrinus. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Muscles of Luo and Foot. M. (Ifjitatorcaudce, glutmis maximus, tensor vaciince femoru (Fig-. 2\,hh), . . , Fig. 21.* IIISD LISQ Ol MACACUS NEMItSTnlNOS (Willi skin removed). a, Biceps femoris. c, Great fascia of thigh. 6 b, Combined agitator caudcB, glutmns d, Outei' portion of f/asfrocnemius. maximus, and tensoy vagitue fi- g, Di.splaced pa.tella of right moris. Icnee. These three muscles form one continuous sheet of fibres, expanded over the upper and outer portion of the thigh ; they are shown at b 1), Fig. 21. The agitator cavdce forms the posterior portion of the entire muscle, and takes its origin from the first and second caudal vertebras; the tensor vagince corresponds to the agitator in front of the muscle, and ai'ises from the crest of the Uium; and the smallest, or central portion, is composed of the glutceus maximus proper; this muscle, however, deserves its human name so little in the Macaque, that it is only equal in Aveight to the glutceus minimus, which is 165 grs. The whole complex muscle is inserted below and behind the great trochanter, and into the whole of the great fascia covering the thigh on the outer side.f * Tliis and tlie following ligures were drawn from nature by my son. t The fibres of this curiously sliaped muscle are not parallel, hut converge tliroii{;h an angle of 16°, to a point 14^ inches fioin the crest of ihe ilium; and tiieir resultant
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