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N. raiMORALZS. I 'irivin- the ilio-psoas and tho tendons of the abdominal 

 muscles, the femoral m-rvti enters tho thigh between the femoral artery and 

 the ilio-psoas muscle. At once tho saphenous nerve and the nerve to the 

 sart mills leave the main trunk. The former has been followed down the thigh 

 in company with the saphenous artery. The nervo to the sartorius follows the 

 lateral circumflex artery. 



in. glutonu medius 



^a. nrcumllexa ilium profunda 



m. gluteus supcrficialis* 



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71. cutanetu femoris posterior — ' 



in. semimembranosus 



m. srmitendinosus 



-a. cutanetu femorU lateralis 



- in. sarturius 



- m. tensor fascia: lata! 



•m. biceps femoris 



Fig. 31. — Superficial dissection of the gluteal region and thigh. 



The femoral nerve accompanies the anterior femoral artery into the gap 

 between the origins of the medial vastus and rectus femoris muscles, to which 

 and to the lateral vastus it is distributed. 



A. femoris fosterior. — The posterior femoral artery, the last collateral 

 branch of the femoral artery, takes origin on a level with the medial head of 

 the gastrocnemius muscle. Branches from it supply the semitendinosus, biceps, 

 gastrocnemius, and the neighbouring flexor muscles of the digits. 



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