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DISSECTION OF THE DOG 



The second part of the femoral artery begins at the apex of the femoral 

 triangle and extends down the medial side of the thigh, under cover of the 

 aboral portion of the sartorius, to disappear in the interval between the adductor 



a. circumflcxa femoris lateralis 

 m. sartoriusr- - _ 



iv. femoralis 



i 



' i a. profunda femoris 



' / 



/ stn. veclincus 



m. tensor fascue lata! 



a. femoris anterior 



m. rectus femoris 



a. femoralis 



n. saphenus 



m. vastus medialis 



m. adductor 



m. semimembranosus 



a. saphena 



a. genu suprema 



m. semitendinosus 



m. gastrocnemius 



m. tibialis anterior. 



m. popliteus 

 m. plantaris 



_m. flexor hallucis 



longus 



m. flexor dvntorum 



longus 



Fig. 30. — Dissection of inside of the thigh after removal of the gracilis muscle. 



and semimembranosus muscles. The artery lies in a passage or canal which is 

 triangular in section. The medial wall of the canal is formed by the sartorius 

 muscle; the cranio-lateral boundary is the medial vastus muscle, and the 

 caudo-lateral wall is formed by the pectineus and adductor muscles. 



