Human leg the femur. All four muscles unite in a common tendon inserted into the patella from where the patellar ligament extends it down to the tibial tuberosity. Fibers from the medial and lateral vasti form two retinacula that stretch past the patella on either sides down to the condyles of the tibia. The quadriceps is "the" knee extensor, but the rectus femoris additionally flexes the hip joint, and articular muscle of the knee protects the articular capsule of the knee joint from being nipped during extension. The sartorius runs superficially and obliquely down on the anterior side of the thigh, from
Characters in the Realm of the Elderlings in a Divvytown brothel, Kennit takes a whore, Etta, with whom he had had a long-standing "business" relationship, onto his ship. Etta is madly in love with Kennit and oblivious to the fact that he is all but incapable of returning her sentiments. While attacking a slave ship, Kennit has his right leg bitten by a serpent just under the knee. Etta is responsible for the eventual severing of Kennit's leg during the serpent attack, but although she acted to save his life, Kennit is suspicious of her reasons for "feeding the serpent his leg", and in the beginning, he