THE THIGH 



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of the leg, whilst by its proximal border it is joined to the 

 capsule of the knee joint. 



In its proximal, oblique part, the sartorius muscle forms the 

 lateral boundary of the femoral triangle, and lies anterior to 



M. sartorius 



Muscular artery 

 M. adductor longus 



Saphenous nerve 



Nerve to vastus medialis 



Femoral artery 



M. rectus femoris 



Fascial roof of adductor 

 canal (Hunter's)' 



M. vastus medialis - 



M. sartorius _ 



Medial cutaneous nerve 

 of the thigh 



Great saphenous vein 



Skin 



Superficial fascia 



'- Fascia lata 



M. adductor magnus 



Fascial roof of adductor 

 canal (Hunter's) 



Femoral vein 



M. semimembranosus 



. Saphenous nerve 



Medial intermuscular 



septum 



Tendon of adductor 



magnus 



Art. genu suprema 



(O.T. anastomotic) 



Branches of medial 



cutaneous nerve 



of the thigh 



FIG. 114. Dissection of the Adductor Canal (Hunter's) in the right lower 

 limb. A portion of the Sartorius has been removed. 



the iliacus, the rectus femoris, and the adductor longus muscles. 

 More distally, it is placed anterior to the femoral vessels as 

 far as an opening in the adductor magnus through which 

 they pass into the popliteal fossa. At its insertion its ex- 

 panded tendon lies anterior and superficial to the tendons of 



