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below the brim of the pelvis, with the obturator artery and vein. ( Fit;. 223.) It 

 escapes from the pelvis by the obturator canal, on the under surface of the hori- 

 zontal rannis of the pubes. It divides into anterior and posterior branches. These 

 are separated by the adductor brevis muscle. (Fig. 219.) The anterior branch 



Obturator erternus 



Adductor longus 



Adductor magiim 



Adductor longiia 



Vastus internua 



ReotiiB femoriB 



lagamentum patellae 



Rectua tendon 



Gluteus medius 

 Glutens minimus 



f Adductor brevis 



Vatu ezternuB 



Bioep* 



Ilio-tibial band 



FIG. 220. THE DEEP MUSCLES OF THE FRONT OF THE THIGH. 



supplies the gracilis, adductor longus, adductor brevis, and sartorius. (Fig. 221.) 

 The posterior branch supplies the adductor magnus, the knee, and the hip. 



Branches of the Anterior Crural Nerve. This nerve is from the lumbar 

 plexus. (Fig. 193.) It is in a groove under the crural arch between the iliacus 

 and psoas magiuis. It gives oft" the following branches : 



