320 THE INFERIOR EXTREMITY 



divides to supply the semimembranosus and the adductor magnus, 



W. CLUTAELS 

 MEDIUS 



Muscular branch ^p 

 of profunda artery 

 Second perforating 

 artery 



Common peroneal 

 nerve 



Popliteal artery 



Anastomotic branch of 



peroneal nerve 



Superior latera 



genicular arten 



Medial femoral 

 circumflex artery 



M. biceps femoris (long head) 



Third perforating artery 

 Tibial nerve (cut) 



Genicular branch of obturator nerve 

 Popliteal artery 



Superior medial genicular artery 



/ M. gastrocnemius 



FIG. 138. Dissection of the Posterior Region ot the Thigh. 



and there are two branches to the semitendinosus, an upper and 

 a lower. The lower branch to the semitendinosus will be found 



