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jierces it and is lost in its substance. Huacnla'ros ! to back 

 part of hip, anas, with gluteal, superficial perforating, exter 

 aal and internal circumflex. Articula'roS : to hip-joint capsule. 



GLEUTJS'A SJrS'BlOB: largest branch of internal iliac ; out 

 above pyriformis, dividing into deep and superficial branches; 

 supplies iliacus, obturator interims, pyriforra. Superficial 

 branch, beneath glutaeus maximus, supplying it; anas, with 

 posterior branch sacral. Deep branch, between glutaeus 

 medius and glutaeus minimus, the superior division anas, at 

 anterior superior spinous process of ilium with circumflex 

 iliac and external circumflex; the inferior division goes to 

 great trochanter, anas, with external circumflex. Branches 

 supply all muscles in this region, also joint. 



FZMOEA'LIS : (7 branches); from Poupart's ligament to open- 

 ing in adductor magnus. A line drawn from the middle of 

 said ligament to internal femuric condyle lies over its course. 

 Vein lies on inside; anterior crural nerve on the outside of 

 artery. Suporflcialis eplgas'trica ; l / 2 inch below Poupart's liga- 

 ment through saphenous opening upwards to umbili'cus in the 

 fascia covering the external oblique abdominis ; anas, deep 

 epigastric and internal mammary. Superficia'.i: C rcunflex'aili'aca: 

 arises close to above, outwards to iliac crest, supplying glands 

 fascia and integument, anas, circumflex iliac, gluteal, external 

 circumflex. SupetflC al.S exter'na pud/ca: inner side, % inch 

 below Poupart's ligament, pierces fascia lata, crosses sperma- 

 tic cord, supplies integument of lower part of abdomen, penis, 

 scrotum, (or labia) ; anas, internal pudic branches. Profun'da 

 tster'na pudi'ca: passes inwards on pectineus, piercing fascia at 

 pubes, supplies integument of perinaeum, scrotum, (or labia) \ 

 anas, superficial perinseal. Profun'da fea'oris; outer and back 

 part, i to 2 inches below Poupart's ligament, passes back of 

 artery and the femoral vein to inner side femur, terminating 

 in adductor magnus, lower 3d, anas, with popliteal and infe- 

 rior perforating. Circumflex'a exter'na, having ascending, 

 descending and transverse branches, supplying muscles in 

 that region, and anas, with gluteal, circumflex iliac, superior 

 articular of popliteal, near great trochanter with sciatic, 

 superior perforating and internal circumflex. Circumflex 1 a in- 

 ter'na, inwards to joint, supplying contiguous mnscles, and 

 head of femur; anas, with obturator, sciatic, external circum- 

 flex and superior perforating. Perforan'tes, the *' superior," 

 supplying adductors magnus and brevis, biceps, glutaeus 

 maximus and anas, with sciatic, internal circumflex and mid- 

 dle perforating; " middle" on supplies flexors of thigh and 



