572 A MANUAL OF ANATOMY. 



adductor brevis muscle appears between the pectineus and 

 adductor longus. 



The artery is covered by the integument, superficial fascia, 

 fascia lata, and is crossed by some small cutaneous nerve 

 filaments and veins. 



Hunter's Canal. See page 575. In its passage through 

 this triangular shaped canal the femoral artery lies between 

 the vastus internus on the outside, the adductor longus 

 and magnus on the inside, and beneath the aponeurotic 

 membrane which unites these muscles. The femoral vein 

 accompanies the artery, being placed behind and internal to 

 the artery at the upper part of the canal, and behind and 

 slightly external to the artery at the opening in the adductor 

 magnus. 



The internal saphenous nerve also passes through the 

 canal with the artery and crosses it from the outside to the 

 inside ; it leaves the artery at the lower part of the canal by 

 passing in front of the tendon of the adductor magnus 

 muscle, while the artery passes through the opening in the 

 same. In front of the artery (in addition to the aponeurotic 

 covering and the internal saphenous nerve) are the sartorius 

 muscle, the fasciae, and integument. 



The Branches of the Femoral Artery. 



(1) The superficial epigastric. See page 436. This 

 is a small branch from the front of the femoral just below 

 Poupart's ligament. It pierces the fascia lata, then turns 

 upward and inward on to the abdomen to ramify in the 

 subcutaneous tissue as high as the umbilicus. 



(2) The superficial circumflex iliac. This is another 

 small branch from the superficial epigastric, or from the 

 femoral close to it. It passes through the fascia lata, runs 

 outward just below Poupart's ligament and breaks up into 

 branches which supply the superficial tissues about the 



