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Furthermore, if we expose the deeper layer entirely by cutting 
Poupart through and folding the flap back, we see that what 
seemed to be a strand of connective tissue, is in reality the sharp, 
free lower border of a fascia, which descends from above behind 
Poupart. 
This being established it was not difficult to expose this fascial 
leaf upwards, and to ascertain its continuity with the fascia trans- 
versalis abdominis. When this fascia is laid bare by preparation, 
li-t-fasc.su. 
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pf j-M-obl.ext. 
en obl.int 
Fig: 2. 
Sagittal section of a female pelvis about the vv. femoralia. 
Semi-schematic. 
after removal of skin and muscles, it will be seen to descend 
farther, after having: passed behind Poupart’s ligament, under 
exchange of a more or less distinct supply of fibers, till it meets at 
a right angle the vasa iliaca externa, which runs subperitonically 
on the bottom of the pelvis. These vessels it envelops in the well- 
known manner in which the fascia pelvis encloses the organs which 
pierce the bottom of the pelvis; it envelops the vessels with a 
fibrous formation, which partly runs proximally with the vessels 
