LOWER PART OF FEMORAL VESSELS. 



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lower border of the sartorius, and piercing the fascia lata, ramifies in the 

 integuments. 



The deep branch (/) is concealed in the fibres of the vastus internus, 

 and descends in front of the tendon of the adductor magnus to the inner 

 side of the knee-joint, where it anastomoses with the articular branches of 



1. Femoral artery. 



2. Profuuda artery. 



3. Internal circumflex. 



4. External circumflex. 



5. Superficial circumflex iliac and epigas- 



tric branches. 



6. External pudic artery. 



7. Aponeurosis over the lower part of the 



femoral artery. 



8. Anterior crural nerve. 



9. Pectineus muscle. 



10. Adductor longus. 



11. Gracilis. 



12. Vastus internus. 



13. Rectus femoris. 



14. Sartorius cut across. 



DEEP PART OF THE FEMORAL ARTERY AND ITS BRANCHES, WITH MUSCLES OF THE THIGH 



(Quain's Arteries). 



the popliteal and anterior tibial arteries. A branch passes outwards from 

 it in the substance of the vastus, and forms an arch in front of the lower 

 end of the femur with an offset of the upper external articular artery ; from 

 this loop twigs descend to the joint. 



Muscular branches. Branches for the supply of the muscles come 



