Text-book of anatomy and physiology for nurses (1913) (14580263689)

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Title: Text-book of anatomy and physiology for nurses

Year: 1913 (1910s)

Authors: Bundy, Elizabeth Roxana, 1850-

Subjects: Anatomy Physiology

Publisher: Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's son Co

Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries

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he four.—By onetendon passing in front of the knee-jointto the tubercle of the tibia. (It enclosesthe patella and has been improperlycalled the ligamentum patellae.) Action.—They extend the leg as inwalking, or with great force in kicking;these muscles also keep the patella inplace during various positions of the knee. Nerve.—Femoral. The sartorius.—The longest musclein the body; it passes across the front ofthe quadriceps. Origin.—The anteriorsuperior spine of the ilium. Insertion.—The inner surface of the tibia, just belowthe head. Action.—Since it passes across to themedial side of the thigh, and behindthe medial epicondyle, it flexes the legand at the same time lifts it in such away that when both legs are acted upontogether, they Siveflexed and crossed, hencethe name, signifying tailor muscle. Nerve.—Femoral. The tensor fasciae latae.—Is attached to the anterior part of the crest ofthe ilium between two layers of the fascia lata; it makes tense the outer portion

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Fig. 86.—Muscles of theThigh.I, 2, Iliacus and psoas; 3,4, tensor fasciie latiE; 5, sar-torius; 6, rectus femoris; 7,vastus lateralis; 8, vastus me-dialis; 9, gracilis; 10, adduc-tor longus; II, pectineus.—(Holden.) io6 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR NURSES. of the fascia which is connected with the tibia, or the ilio-tibial hand. (This is felt like a strong cord above the lateral epicon-dyles.) It also rotates the thigh inward(Fig. 86). Nerve.—Superior gluteal. Muscles of the Thigh.Posterior. The muscles are three in num-ber—the biceps femoris, semiten-dinosus, and semimembranosus(Figs. 87, d>d>). The biceps femoris. Origin.—Long head on the tuber of theischium, short head the linea aspera(lateral Hp). Insertion.—^Thehead of the fibula. The semitendinosus and thesemimembranosus also arise onthe tuber of the ischium, and areinserted on the tibia, medial surf aceand back of head. (Their namesindicate their shape, one beingtendinous in half its length, andthe other aponeur

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