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fat ; but the student is to be careful not to destroy a deeper, very 



thin layer of areolar tissue which is beneath them, and is visible on 



the inner side of the centre of the limb. Three sets of vessels are 



to be dissected out : One set (artery and vein) is directed inwards to see the 



to the pubes, and is named superficial external pudic ; another, 



Superficial 

 circumflex iliac 



artery. 



FIG. 54. DISSECTION OF THE SUPERFICIAL PARTS OF THE THIGH 

 (ILLUSTRATIONS OF DISSECTIONS). 



Vessels : 



a. Internal saphenous vein. 



b. Superficial external pudic. 



c. Superficial epigastric. 



d. Superficial circumflex iliac. 



e. Inguinal glands. 



f. Saphenous opening. 



Nerves : 



1. Ilio-inguinal. 



2. External cutaneous. 



3. Grenito-crural. 



4. Middle cutaneous. Small 

 unnamed vessels accompany the 

 different nerves to the integuments. 



epigastric, ascends over Poupart's ligament ; and the third, 

 the superficial circumflex iliac, appears at the outer part of the limb. 

 The large vein towards the inner side of the thigh, to which the 

 branches converge, is the internal saphenous. 



Some of the small lymphatic vessels may be traced from one lymphatics 

 inguinal gland to another. 



