Volume 1

Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the physiological series of comparative anatomy contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England / with a preface by C. Stewart.

Date:
1900-1907
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Credit: Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the physiological series of comparative anatomy contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England / with a preface by C. Stewart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    in not separate from the adductor magnus, althougli it may possibly be represented by the slender round tendon that continues from the distal limit of the insertion of the adductor magnus to the supracondyloid ridge. The soleus rises by a round tendon from a very small area of the fibula (the origin is far more extensive in other Anthropoids) and is fleshy to the heel. Planturis and accessorius are absent. 0. C. 64Myt. C. 234. Superficial muscles of the right hind-limb of an Orang- Outang (^Simia satyrus). This Anthropoid exhibits but little agility while in captivity, and is seldom observed to go on all fours after the manner of quadrupeds, or the inferior Apes, but in using its long arms in progressive motion on the ground, it supports itself on the bent fingers as on a pair of crutches and swings the body forward between them. The diminutive hind limbs, with their long hook-like digits and greatly reduced halluces, appear to be especially destined for the actions of grasping and climbing, and are by no means calculated to support the body erect, although capable of doing so for a short time. There is no tensor fasciae hitse. The femoro-coccygeus is separate from the gluteus maximus ; it rises in common with the ischial head of the biceps, and is inserted as usual upon the femur superficial to the origin of the femoral head of the biceps. This partial fusion of the femorp- coccygeus with the biceps is interesting, in comparison on the one hand with the Baboon and Macaque (C. 227 & 228) in which the two are entirely confluent, and on the other hand with the rest of the Anthropoids in which the femoro- coccygeus is united to the gluteus maximus. The two heads of the biceps have a slight muscular connection close to their insertion. The pectineus is in part continuous with the adductor longus. 0. C. 64 m e. Presented by C. Dent, Esq. C. 235. Left hind-limb of an Orang-Outang {Simia satyrus) showing the deeper muscles. The prse-semimembranosua is not separate. The flexor fibularis (flex. long, hallucis) has a strong condylar origin. A larger part of the flexor