DEEP FASCIA 



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tough. It is white and smooth, and 

 seldom contains any fat. The deep 

 fascia covers the muscles and binds 

 them down, and also separates them 

 into groups, thus forming intermus- 

 cular septa. (Many muscle fibers 

 arise from intermuscular septa.) 



Special points. The inguinal 

 ligament (Fig. 79) is a band of the 

 deep fascia between the spine of the 

 ilium and the tubercle of the pubes. 

 It feels like a cord from one bone to 

 the other. 



The fascia lata (broad fascia) is that 



Great or 

 long saph- 



FIG. 69. DEEP FASCIA OF THIGH FIG. 70. SHOWING OVAL FOSSA. 

 (Partial). 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, indicate por- The superficial fascia has been dissected 

 tions of fascia lata. (Sappey.) away, leaving cutaneous veins lying 



upon deep fascia. 



portion of the deep fascia which covers the muscles of the thigh; it is thicker 

 and stronger than any other fascia of the body. It is attached to the hip- 

 bones above and the leg-bones below. A portion which is especially tense 

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