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upper part of the thigh, the perineum, the scrotum, the 

 anterior two-thirds of the urethra and superficial parts of 

 the penis (external genitals in the female). 



The connection of the inguinal lymphatics with the 

 genitals of the male and female explains why they be- 

 come enlarged in inflammatory conditions of those parts. 

 Such enlargement following venereal disease is termed a 

 bubo. 



The removal of the inguinal glands is a simple operation 

 on the cadaver, but in the living, if they are matted together 

 by inflammatory exudations, it may become quite an under- 

 taking. 



(2) The deep layer of the superficial fascia. Fascia 

 of Scarpa. Fig. 90. This is a thin layer of tissue in the 

 upper part of the abdomen, where it passes into the deep 

 fascia of the thorax ; below the umbilicus it forms a dense 

 plane that backs the external layer, and is separated from 

 the muscle beneath by a little areolar tissue. It is 

 attached in the middle line along the linea alba, below 

 to the external part of the crest of the ilium, the deep 

 fascia of the thigh close to Poupart's ligament until the 

 spermatic cord is reached, over which it is reflected, 

 then to the front of the pubes and symphysis. Over 

 the cord and from the front of the symphysis, the two 

 layers of the superficial fascia become firmly united, lose 

 the adipose tissue, acquire elastic and muscular fibres, and 

 thus altered in structure pass over the penis and into the 

 scrotum as the dartos sheath, then into the perineum to 

 become continuous with the superficial perineal or Colics' 

 fascia. See page 404. The band of fibres from the lower 

 part of the linea alba and the front of the symphysis which 

 passes on to the penis, forms the suspensory ligament for 

 that organ. The extension of the fascia through the scro- 



