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THE FEMOEAL ARTERY. 



Fig. 291. 



Fig. 291. — Anterior View of the Ar- 

 teries OP THE Pelvis, Thigh, and 

 Knee (from Tiedemann). ^ 



a, anterior supeiior iliac spine ; h, tensor 

 A'aginse femoris muscle ; c, vastus internus ; 

 d, tendon of the adductor magnus ; e, sar- 

 torius ; /, rectus muscle ; g, the colon lying 

 upon the left iliac artery ; h, urinary blad- 

 der ; 1, division of the abdominal aorta 

 into the common iliac arteries ; 1' middle 

 sacral artery ; 2, left common iliac artery ; 

 3, external iliac ; 3', deep circumflex iliac 

 branch ; 3", epigastric winding to the 

 inside of the spermatic cord, and giving off 

 3'", its cremastei-ic branch ; 4, femoral 

 artery, on the right side shown in Scarpa's 

 triangle, on the left exposed as far as 

 Hunter's canal ; 4' superficial circumflex 

 iliac and epigastric of the right side ; 4", 

 superficial pudic and inguinal branches ; 5, 

 profunda femoris artery, descending on the 

 left side behind the adductor longus ; 6, 

 external circumflex ; 6', its ascending or 

 gluteal branches; 6", its descending branches; 

 7, 7', internal circumflex artery ; 8, superior 

 perforating ; 8', second jjerforating branch ; 

 y, 9, muscular branches of the femoral ar- 

 tery ; 9', anastomotic branch ; 10, internal 

 superior articulai- branch of the popliteal ; 10', inferior branch. 



outer side, and the adductor muscles on the inner side of tlie liml), and 

 which is known by tlie name of Scarpa's triangle. In this situation 



