FEMORAL ARTERY BRANCHES. 315 



Plan of the relations of the Femoral Artery. 



Front. 

 Fascia lata, 

 Saphenous nerves, 

 Sarlorius, 

 Arch of the tendinous canal. 



Inner Side. 

 Femoral vein, 

 Pectineus, 

 Adductor longus, 

 Sartorius. 



Femoral artery. 



Outer Side. 

 Psoas, 

 Rectus, 

 Vastus internus. 



Behind. 

 Psoas muscle, 

 Femoral vein, 

 Adductor longus. 



Branches. The branches of the Femoral Artery are the 



Superficial circumflexa ilii, 

 Superficial epigastric, 

 Superficial external pudic, 

 Deep external pudic, 



( External circumflex, 

 Profunda < Internal circumflex, 



( Three perforating. 

 Muscular, 

 ' Anastomotica magna. 



The Superficial circumflexa ilii artery arises from the femoral, 

 immediately below Poupart's ligament, pierces the fascia lata, and 

 passes obliquely towards the umbilicus between the .two layers of 

 superficial fascia. It distributes branches to the inguinal glands and 

 integument, and inosculates with branches of the deep epigastric and 

 of the internal mammary artery. 



The Superficial external pudic arises near to the superficial epi- 

 gastric artery ; it pierces the fascia lata, at the saphenous opening, 

 and passes transversely inwards crossing the spermatic cord, to be 

 distributed to the integument of the penis and scrotum in the male, 

 and to the labia in the female. 



The Deep external pudic arises from the femoral, a little lower 

 down than the preceding ; it crosses the femoral vein immediately 

 below the termination of the internal saphenous vein, and piercing 

 the pubic portion of the fascia lata passes beneath that fascia to the 

 inner border of the thigh, where it again pierces 1 the fascia ; having 

 become superficial, it is distributed to the integument of the scrotum 

 and perineum. 



The PROFUNDA FEMORIS arises from the femoral artery at two 

 inches below Poupart's ligament : it passes downwards and back- 

 wards, and a little outwards, behind the adductor longus muscle, 

 pierces the adductor magnus, and is distributed to the flexor muscles 

 on the posterior part of the thigh. 



