Anatomy, Artistic; Animals in art; Zoological illustration
=Tensor Fascia Lata= (Fig. 68, 34, 36; Fig. 69, 30, 31; Fig. 70,
40).--This muscle, generally larger in quadrupeds than in man, is flat
and triangular, and occupies the superior and anterior part of the
thigh.
It arises from the anterior iliac spine (inferior in carnivora, external
in the ox and the horse); it is prolonged downwards by an aponeurosis
(fascia lata) which occupies the external aspect of the thigh, proceeds
to be inserted into the patella and blend with the aponeurosis of the
biceps muscle.
It covers the rectus and vastus externus portions of the triceps cruris;
it is also in relation with the gluteal muscles.
The tensor of the fascia lata flexes the thigh, and serves to raise the
lower limb as a whole.
=Sartorius= (Fig. 68, 35; Fig. 87, 4, 5; Fig. 88, 5).--This muscle, long
and flattened, is called by veterinarians _the long adductor of the
leg_.
Before beginning the study of its position in quadrupeds, it is
necessary to remember that in man, where the thigh has a form almost
conical, the sartorius commences on the anterior face of this latter,
and is directed downwards and inwards to reach the internal surface of
the knee.
But now let us suppose the thigh flattened from without inwards; there
will evidently result from this a change in situation with regard to the
muscle in question. In fact, when this supposition is admitted, it is
easy to imagine that in a great part of the extent in which the
sartorius is normally anterior it will become internal. This is why,
these conditions being realized in quadrupeds, we shall find that, in
some of them, the sartorius is situated on the aspect of the thigh which
is turned to the side of the trunk.
In the dog and the cat it arises from the anterior iliac spine, and from
the half of the border of the bone situated immediately below it; but
the fibres from this second origin being hidden by the tensor of the
fascia lata, on the inner side of which they are situated, viewing the
external surface of the thigh, the muscle seems to arise from the iliac
spine only.
The sartorius in these animals is divided into two parts, which, in
general, are placed in contact. One of these fasciculi is anterior; the
other is situated further back. The first is visible on the anterior
border of the thigh, in front of the tensor of the fascia lata, but
below it inclines inwards; in its superior part also, a small extent of
the internal surface is occupied by it. The second, which, as we have
said, is situated further back, belongs wholly to the inner surface of
the thigh; it is this portion which arises from the inferior border of
the ilium (this is the homologue of the anterior border of the human
iliac bone).
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