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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



/ 



Superior 

 gluteal. ~ \\ 



Pudic., 



Nerve to 

 obturator internus. 



Small sciatic. - 



Inferior . 

 pudendal. 



Descending_ 

 cutaneous. 



Internal 

 popliteal." 



External 



-popliteal, or 



peroneal. 



Communicans _ 

 poplitei. 

 Posterior 

 tibial. 



Communicans 

 peronei. 



k 



\ 



Plantar , 

 cutaneous. 



FIG. 509. Cutaneous nerves of 

 lower extremity. Posterior view. 



FIG. 510. Nerves of the lower extremity. 1 Posterior 

 view. 



1 N. B. In this diagram the external saphenous and comraunicans peronei are not in their nor- 

 mal position. They have been displaced by the removal of the superficial muscles. 



