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DISSECTION OF THE DOG 



A short distance from its termination, the external iliac gives off the common 

 trunk of origin of three arteries, viz. the caudal epigastric, external pudendal, 



7». sarlorius — ~-_ 



n. saphenus ■ 



m. pectmeus 



v. femoralis 



~ m. adductor 

 — ■ m. gracilis 



— m. semimembranosus 



a. saphena 

 ■v. saphena magna 



— m. scmitendinoius 



m. gastrocnemius 



Fig. 29. — Superficial dissection of the inside of the thigh. 



and deep femoral. The first two belong to the abdominal wall. The deep 

 femoral artery disappears almost at once under the pectineus muscle. 



V. iliaca externa. — The companion vein of the external iliac artery lies on 



