FASCIA AND MUSCLES OF THE THIGH AND BUTTOCK. 339 
forming the roof of the popiiteal space is specially thick, and is usually pierced 
by the external saphenous vein. 
A femoral hernia appears in the thigh through the saphenous opening, thereafter 
passing upwards over Poupart’s ligament to the anterior abdominal wall. 
Femoral Sheath.—-This is a conical membranous investment for the femoral 
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LATISSIMUS 
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Gluteal fascia 
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Fascia over gluteus 
maximus GLUTEUS MAXIMUS 
Fic. 250.—SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES OF THE BACK, 
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tinuous above with the internal fascial lining of the abdominal wall, formed by 
the fascia transversalis in front and the fascia iliaca behind. The sheath is 
divided into three compartments—an external space for the artery, an inter- 
mediate space for the vein, and an internal channel containing lymphatics, and 
vessels, prolonged into Scarpa’s triangle beneath Poupart’s ligament, and con- 
