Arteria cruralis. 



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b) The circumflex 

 iliac artery, Art. cir- 

 cumflexa ilei (see Fig. 569) 

 runs obliquely upwards and 

 outwards along the crest 

 of the ilium. It supplies 

 the muscles which arise 

 from the crest of the ilium. 



The femoral ar- 

 tery gives off the fol- 

 lowing branches: 



1. Inguinal, Ramuli 

 inguinales. 



2. Superficial epi- 

 gastric, Art. epigastrica 

 superficialis, frequently also 

 a superficial circum- 

 flex iliac, Art. circum- 

 flexa ilei superficialis, both 



for the integument. ^. 



3. Externalpudic, 

 Arteriae pudendae externae, 

 a superficial and a 

 deep, pass transversely 

 inwards ; the deep gives 

 off the anterior scro- 

 tal or labial arteries. 



4. Deep femoral, 

 Arteria profunda femoris, 

 nearly equal in size to 

 the superficial femoral, sup- 

 plies all the muscles of the 

 thigh. It arises 1 iy 2 in- 

 ches below Po up art's 

 ligament, passes inwards 

 and backwards between 

 the MM. adductor longus 

 and brews, and finally 

 perforates the M. adductor 

 magnus. It gives off two 

 circumflex arteries: 

 the internal, Art. cir- 

 cumfiexa femoris interna, 

 and the external, Art. 

 circumfiexa femoris externa. 

 The internal winds back- 

 wards around the lesser 

 trochanter and after ha- 



.. 



A- pro faaor. Vj 



57^, 



Arteries at the Outer Side 



ving supplied the muscles 



at the inner side of the of the Hip and Posterior Side of 



thigh, divides into an 

 ascending and a des- 

 cending branch. 



