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THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. 



Superior 

 gluteal. 



Pudic.^ 

 Nerve to 

 obturator interims. 



AH 



Small sciatic. 



Inferior 

 pudendal. 



Descending 

 cutaneous. 



&s ,; 



T / 



\ 



Internal 

 popliteal* 



Communicants _ , 

 poplitei. 

 Posterior 

 tibial. 



Plantar , 

 cutaneous. 



i 



External 

 popliteal, or 

 peroneal. 



Communicans 

 ptronei. 



FIG. 422. Cutaneous nerves of 

 lower extremity. Posterior view. 



FIG. 423. Nerves of the lower extremity. 1 Posterior 

 view. 



1 N. B. In this diagram the external saphenous and communicans peronei are not in their nor- 

 mal position. They have been displaced by the removal of the superficial muscles. 



