VII. On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure: 378.
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VII. On the Proportions and on the Movements of the Human Figure: 378.
378.
The sinew which guides the leg, and which is connected with the patella of the knee, feels it a greater labour to carry the man upwards, in proportion as the leg is more bent; and the muscle which acts
upon the angle made by the thigh where it joins the body has less difficulty and has a less weight to lift, because it has not the [additional] weight of the thigh itself. And besides this it has stronger muscles, being those which form the buttock.
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