PLATE XXX. 



MUSCLES 



A Gluteus maximus. 



B Gluteus medius. 



C Quadratus femoris. 



D Adductor magnus. 



D' Anterior portion of adductor magnus 



(adductor quartus). 

 E Insertion of the adductor magnus into 



the adductor tubercle of the femur. 

 F Vastus internus. 

 G Gracilis. 

 H Sartorius. 



K 

 L 



Short head of the biceps. ' 

 Long head of the biceps. 

 Gastrocnemius. 

 M Plantaris. 

 N The popliteal space on posterior aspect 



of the femur. 



Vastus externus covered with fascia. 

 P Prominence at the upper extremity of 

 the gluteal insertion, sometimes 

 called the third trochanter. 



VESSLES 



a Popliteal artery. 



b Popliteal vein. 



c Upper muscular branches of the popli- 

 teal. 



d Superior internal articular. 



e Superior external articular. 



/ Deep branch of the anastomotic artery 

 which was running along the side 

 of vastus internus instead of in its 

 substance. 



g Superficial branch of anastomotica 

 magna. 



h 



An accessory superficial branch of 



anastomotic artery. 

 Internal circumflex, terminal branch. 

 First perforating of the profunda 



femoris. 



Second perforating. 

 in Third perforating. 

 n Fourth perforating, or terminal branch 



of the profunda femoris. 

 o Comes nervi ischiadici from the sciatic. 



NERVES 



1 Great sciatic. 



2 Internal popliteal. 



3 External popliteal. 



4 Branches from great sciatic to 



hamstrings (see Plate XXVII). 



5 Branch to the adductor magnus. 



6 Branches to the biceps short head. 



7 Inferior external articular. 



8 Superior external articular. 



9 A branch running to posterior 



the 



liga- 



ment, and apparently replacing the 

 azygos branch of internal, which was 

 not present. 



10 Muscular branches from internal 



popliteal to the gastrocnemius. 



11 Superior internal articular branch 



from the internal popliteal. 



12 Articular branch of obturator (deep 



division) to the knee-joint. 

 18 Long saphenous nerve. 



