THE THIGH 



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fascia allows the skin to be moved freely over the subjacent 

 deep fascia, but in other situations, such as the palms of the 

 hands and the soles of the feet, movement of the skin is 

 limited because the fibrous septa which pass from the skin to 

 the deep fascia are numerous and strong. 



In the region now exposed the fat of the superficial fascia is 

 usually abundant. And the membranous deeper layer is well 



fnQ/.Transversalis fascia 



"Transversus abdominis 

 ^""Internal oblique 

 31 External oblique 



Transversalis'fascia 



Skin 



Camper's fascia 

 Scarpa's fascia 



Inguinal ligament 

 Lyinph gland - 



Fascia lata . 



Ilio-psoas 

 Iliac fascia 



FIG. 105. Diagram of the Fasciae and Muscles of the Inguinal and 

 Subinguinal Regions lateral to the Fossa Ovalis. 



marked, especially in the proximal part of the region where 

 the lymph glands and the superficial vessels lie between the 

 two layers. Moreover, in the uppermost pait of the region 

 the deep membranous layer of the superfical fascia is closely 

 attached to the deep fascia immediately distal to the line of 

 the inguinal ligament, where it is continuous with the corre- 

 sponding layer of the superficial fascia of the abdominal 

 wall. This is a point of some practical importance, and to 

 demonstrate it the dissectors of the inferior extremity and the 

 abdomen must work in conjunction with each other. A 



