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ANGIOLOGY 



of the uterus in the female lie immediately above the anterior margin of the ring, 

 while the inferior epigastric vessels are close to its upper and lateral angle. The 

 femoral ring is closed by a somewhat condensed portion of the extraperitoneal 

 fatty tissue, named the septum femorale (crural septum), the abdominal surface 

 of which supports a small lymph gland and is covered by the parietal layer of the 

 peritoneum. The septum femorale is pierced by numerous lymphatic vessels 

 passing from the deep inguinal to the external iliac lymph glands, and the parietal 

 peritoneum immediately above it presents a slight depression named the femoral 

 fossa. 





SUPERFICIAL CIR- 

 CUMFLEX ILIAC 



EXTERNAL 

 CIRCUMFLEX 



DESCENDING 

 RAMUS OF 

 EXTERNAL 



CIRCUMFLEX 



SUPERFICIAL 



EXTERNAL 



PUDIC 



DEEP 



EXTERNAL 



PUDIC 



INTERNAL 



CIRCUMFLEX 



ANASTOMOTICA 

 MAGNA 



SUPERIOR EXTER- 

 NAL ARTICULAR 

 BRANCH OF 

 POPLITEAL 



SUPERIOR INTERNAL 

 ARTICULAR 

 .-BRANCH OF 

 POPLITEAL 



FIG. 548. Scheme of the femoral artery. (Poirier and Charpy.) 



The femoral triangle (trigonum femorale; Scarpa's triangle) (Fig. 549) corre- 

 sponds to the depression seen immediately below the fold of the groin. Its apex 

 is directed downward, and the sides are formed laterally by the medial margin 

 of the Sartorius, medially by the medial margin of the Adductor longus, and above 

 by the inguinal ligament. The floor of the space is formed from its lateral to its 

 medial side by the Iliacus, Psoas major, Pectineus, in some cases a small part of 



