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other muscles. It is usually the second, occasionally the first, 

 branch of the femoral after it passes the inguinal ligament; 

 anastomoses freely and is subject to many variations. 



Fig. 25. — Principal branches of the femoral artery. AT, anterior tibial; DI, 

 dorsal interosseous; FEM, femoral; IG, inferior genicular; IL, inguinal ligament; 

 LC, lateral circumflex; M, malleolar; P, peroneal; PA, plantar arch; PF, pro- 

 funda femoris; PG, posterior genicular; PT, posterior tibial; PUD, pudendals; 

 S, saphenous, cut in two to save space; SG, supreme genicular; SIE, superficial 

 inferior epigastric; SU, sural; II, III, IV, relation of digits and interosseous 

 arteries. 



21. Epigastric (superficial epigastric) a.: Femoral; to inferior 

 abdominal wall, anastomoses with a branch of the internal 

 mammary artery (39). 



