134 DISSECTION OF THE THIGH. 



Muscular MUSCULAR BRANCHES OF THE PROFUNDA (fig. 53, /), pierce 



branches : ^g a( Jd uc t, or magnus internal to the preceding, and at some distance 

 number and from the femur (p. 166). Three or four in number, the highest 

 appears about five inches from the pelvis, and the rest in a line at 

 intervals of about two inches from one another : they are distributed 

 to the hamstring muscles, especially the semimembranosus, and 

 communicate below with offsets of the popliteal trunk. 



Dissection. The muscles are to be taken away from the back 

 of the hip-joint and the areolar tissue removed from the back 

 of the capsule, so as to prepare for the dissection of the joint at a 

 later stage. 



