CUTANEOUS NERVES. 



Ill 



SMALL SCIATIC ( 1 ). This nerve of the sacral plexus sends super- fromjacral 



ficial branches to the buttock. Its cutaneous offsets appear alon 





PiB. 46. SUPERFICIAL VIEW OF THE BUTTOCK OF THE LEFT SIDE 

 (ILLUSTRATIONS OF DISSECTIONS). 



A. Gluteus maximus muscle, with 

 thegluteus medius projecting above it. 



a. Continuation of sciatic artery 

 along the back of the thigh. 



Nerves : 



1. Small sciatic trunk. 



2. Its cutaneous thigh branches. 



3. Inferior pudendal. 



4. Branches of perforating cuta- 

 neous. 



5. Cutaneous of the sacral. 



6. Posterior branches of the lumbar 

 nerves. 



7. Ilio-hypogastric. 



8. Last dorsal. 



the lower border of the glutens nmximus, accompanied by super- through 

 ficial branches of the sciatic artery ; two or three ascend round the 

 edge of the muscle, and are lost in the integuments of the lower 



