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THE VASCULAE SYSTEM 



and passes upwards and medially, between the superficial and deep layers of the 

 superficial fascia of the abdominal wall, towards the umbilicus. It supplies the 

 sub-inguinal glands and the integument, and anastomoses with its fellow of the 

 opposite side, with the inferior epigastric, and with the superficial circumflex 

 iliac and superficial external pudendal arteries. 



(c) Arteria Pudenda Bxterna Superficialis. The superficial external pudendal 

 artery also springs from the front of the femoral artery, and, after piercing the 

 femoral sheath and the fascia cribrosa, runs upwards and medially towards the 



Sartorius 



Tensor fasciae 

 la 



Superficial cir- 

 cumflex ilia 

 artery 



Rectus femoris 

 Psoas and iliacus 



Profunda arter 



Lateral cir- 

 cumflex artery 



Vastus lateralis^ 



Vastus medialis __ 



Femoral artery 

 Femoral vein 

 Femoral canal 



Superficial ex- 

 ternal pudendal 

 artery 



beep external pudenda! 

 artery 



Great saphenous vein 

 .dductor longus 

 racilis 



FIG. 779. THE FEMOKAL VESSELS IN FEMORAL TRIGONE. 



pubic tubercle, where it crosses superficial to the spermatic cord and divide 

 into terminal anterior scrotal or labial branches according to the sex. It supplie 

 the integument of the lower part of the abdominal wall, the root of the dorsum c 

 the penis in the male, and the region of the mons Veneris in the female, and 

 anastomoses with its fellow of the opposite side, with the deep external pudenda 

 with the dorsal artery of the penis, and with the superficial epigastric artery. 



(2) Kami Musculares. The muscular branches are distributed to the pectinei 

 and the adductor muscles on the medial side, and to the sartorius and the vasti 

 medialis on the lateral side. 



(3) Arteria Pudenda Bxterna Profunda. The deep external pudendal artei 

 arises from the medial side of the femoral. It runs medially, anterior to t 

 pectineus, and either anterior or posterior to the adductor longus, to the niedi 



