THIGH AND LEG. 



below the brim of the pelvis, with the obturator artery and vein. (Fig. 223.) It 

 escapes from the pelvis by the obturator canal, on the under surface of the hori- 

 zontal ramus of the pubes. It divides into anterior and posterior branches. These 

 are separated by the adductor brevis muscle. (Fig. 219.) The anterior branch 



Obturator externus 



Adductor longus 



Adductor magnus 



Adductor longus 



Vastus internus 



Reotua femoris 



Xiigamentum patellae 



Reotua tendon 



GHuteus medius 

 Gluteus minimus 



Adductor brevis 



Vastus ezternus 



Biceps 



Ilio-tibial band 



FIG. 220. THE DEEP MUSCLES OF THE^ FRONT OF THE THIGH. 



supplies the graciiis, adductor longus, adductor brevis, and sartorius. (Fig. 221.) 

 The posterior branch supplies the adductor magnus, the knee, and the hip. 



Branches of the Anterior Crural Nerve. This nerve is from the lumbar 

 plexus. (Fig. 193.) It is in a groove under the crural arch between the iliacus 

 and psoas magnus. It gives off the following branches : 



