LOWER PAHT OF FEMORAL VESSELS. 



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lower border of the sartorius, and piercing the fascia lata, ramifies in the 

 integuments. 



The deep branch (/) is concealed in the fibres of the vastus internus, 

 arid descends in front of the tendon of the adductor magnus to the inner 

 side of the knee-joint, where it anastomoses witli the articular branches of 



Fig. 197. 



Femoral artery. 

 Profunda artery. 

 Internal circumflex. 

 External circumflex. 

 Superficial circumflex iliac and epigas- 

 tric branches. 

 External pudic artery. 

 Aponeurosis over the lower part of the 

 femoral artery. 

 Anterior crural nerve. 

 Pectineus muscle. 

 Adductor longus. 

 Gracilis. 

 Vastus internus. 

 Kectus femoris. 

 Sartorius cut across. 



DEEP PART OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY AND ITS BRANCHES, WITH MUSCLES OP THE THIGH 



(Quain's Arteries). 



the popliteal and anterior tibial arteries. A branch passes outwards from 

 it in the substance of the vastus, and forms an arch in front of the lower 

 end of the femur with an offset of the upper external articular artery ; from 

 this loop twigs descend to the joint. 



Muscular branches. Branches for the supply of the muscles come 



