Anatomy for the use of artists / by Richard Lewis Bean. Illustrated by several plates.

  • Bean, Richard Lewis.
Date:
1841
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Credit: Anatomy for the use of artists / by Richard Lewis Bean. Illustrated by several plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    circular ridge on the dorsum of the ilium, from the pos- terior ileo-sacral ligaments, the lumbar fascia, the back of the sacrum, the side of the coccyx, and great sacro sciatic ligament. It is inserted into the rough ridge leading fiom the great trochanter to the linea aspera, the superior third of the linea aspera, and into the fascia lata, which covers the vastus externus muscle. Its use is to extend, abduct, and rotate the thigh outwards, to support the pelvis on the thigh, and make tense the fascia lata. Glutaus medius arises from three anterior fourths of the crest of the ilium, from the semicircular ridge, which leads to the anterior superior spinous process, and from the sur- face of the bone above and below this ridge; also, from the dense fascia which covers it. It is inserted into the outer and upper part of the great trochanter, and ante- riorly to the tendon of the glutseus minimus. Its use is to abduct the thigh and support the pelvis. Its anterior fibres can flex and rotate the thigh inwards. Its posterior fibres will extend and rotate it outwards. Biceps flexor cruris arises by two heads. The long head arises with the semitendinosus from the outer and back part of the tuberosity of the ischium ; the short head arises from the linea aspera, below the insertion of the glutaeus maximus, to within two inches of the external condyle; they join at the inferior third of the thigh, and are inserted into the head of the fibula. Its use is to flex the leg, by the attachment of the long head to the pelvis; it can also ex- tend the thigh, and rotate the whole limb outwards. Semitendinosus arises from the upper and outer part of the tuberosity of the ischium, with the long head of the biceps. It is inserted inferior and posterior to the tendons of the