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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



t 



Superior 

 gluteal. v ><>i 



\T> 



Pudic. 



Nerve to 

 obturator internus. 



Small sciatic. 



Vv / 



Inferior 

 pudendal. 



Descending^ 

 cutaneous. 



Internal 

 popliteal* 



Communicans 

 poplitei. 

 Posterior 

 tibial. 



External 

 f popliteal, or 

 peroneal. 



Cummunicans 

 peronei. 



Plantar , 

 cutaneous. 



FIG. 422. Cutaneous nerves of 

 lower extremity. Posterior view. 



FIG. 423. Nerves of the lower extremity. 1 Posterior 

 view. 



' ^: ?' ^ n ^is diagram the external saphenous and comraunicans peronei are not in their nor- 

 mal position. They have been displaced by the removal of the superficial muscles. 



