1. The biceps femoris ([p. 194], and [Fig. 68], t). Work under its cranial and caudal borders. Find the tenuissimus ([Fig. 90], g) passing obliquely beneath it and reaching its caudal border in its distal half. Transect the biceps without injuring the tenuissimus, and reflect its halves.
2. The tenuissimus ([p. 195], and [Fig. 90], g). Transect.
3. The caudofemoralis ([p. 195], and [Fig. 68], s). Transect.
4. The gluteus maximus ([p. 187]). Transect.
5. The sartorius ([p. 197], and [Fig. 68], q; [Fig. 91], a). Transect.
6. The tensor fasciæ latæ ([p. 187], and [Fig. 68], r). Cut the fascia lata along the distal end of the muscle-fibres and reflect the muscle.
7. The gluteus medius ([p. 188], and [Fig. 90], b). Work under it carefully, separating it from underlying muscles; cut it close to its tendon of insertion, and reflect it.
8. The pyriformis ([p. 188], and [Fig. 163], 7, [p. 401]). Cut and reflect it.
9. The gemellus superior ([p. 189], and [Fig. 163], 6). This and the next muscle will sometimes be found to be completely united. Transect.
10. The gluteus minimus ([p. 189], and [Fig. 163], 5). Transect.