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EXTEENAL ILIAC AETEEY. 



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ed the external iliac artery, in the proximal two-thirds of the thigh it receives 

 the name of the femoral artery, whilst its distal part, which is situated on the 

 flexor aspect of the knee, is termed the popliteal artery. 



A. glutfea superior 

 (ramus profundus) 



A. glutsea superior 

 (ramus superficialis)'"--,^ 



A. glutsea inferior 



A. glutsea inferior 

 (ramus coccygeus) 



r. cutaneus femoris - 

 posterior 



M. glutseus maximus 



N. ischiadicus 



[. biceps femoris (caput longum) ~^i. 



M. adductor magnus j 

 M. semitendinosus - 



M. gastrocnemius -~~ 

 Ramus musculari.s 



M. glutaeus medius 



' A. glutaea superior 

 - M. glutaeus minimus 



I N. gluteeus superior 

 I A. glutaea superior 



_.. M. piriformis 



M. obturator internus 

 A. circumflexa femoris 

 medialis (deep terminal 

 branch) 

 _ M. glutaeus medius 



- M. quadratus femoris 



M. gluteus maximus 

 A. circumflexa 

 femoris medialis 

 (transverse terminal 

 branch) 



- A. perforans prima 

 - M. vastus lateralis 



A. poplitea et V. poplitea - 



&&SOG&=a 

 Ramimusculares _ 

 limembranosus 



A. genu superior medialis -r 



A. genu inferior medialis 

 Nerve to popliteus 



V. saphena parva 



A. perforans secunda 

 M. biceps femoris 

 (caput breve) 



A. perforans tertia 

 N. ischiadicus 



N. peronseus communis 

 N. tibialis 



A. genu suprema lateralis 

 M. plantaris 

 A. etV., poplitea 

 - A. genu inferior lateralis 



Nerve to soleus 



N. peronseus communis 



M. gastrocnemius (caput laterale) 



FIG. 776. THE ARTERIES OP THE BUTTOCK AND THE POSTERIOR ASPECT OF THE THIGH AND KNEE. 



In the specimen there was no anastomotic branch of the inferior gluteal artery, and the transverse 

 .erminal branch of the medial femoral circumflex artery pierced the upper part of the adductor magnus. 



AETERIA ILIACA EXTEENA. 



The external iliac artery (Figs. 77*7, 778) extends from a point opposite the 

 sacro-iliac joint, at the level of the lumbo-sacral articulation, to a point below the 



