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appearance at the present stage of the dissection the nerve has already 

 divided into several (3 or 4) branches, which separate as they proceed 

 down the thigh. 



Not infrequently the saphenous vein, instead of sinking into the 



A. pudenda externa. Wins of mammary inland. 



Deep inguinal lymph 



L'hinds. 



M. tensor fasciae latse. 

 A. circuiuttexa ilium 



profunda. 

 N. cutaneus femeria 



lateralis. 

 Subiliac lymph glands.' 



A. femoralis. 



M . sartorius 



M. rectus femoris 



M. vastus medialis. 



pectineus. 



semimembranosus. 



gracilis. 



Saphenous vessels 

 and nerve. 



Fig. 65.— Superficial Dissection of the Medial Aspect of the Thigh. (Female.) 



narrow cleft between the sartorius and the gracilis, continues its super- 

 ficial course and ends by joining the external pudendal vein. 



M. gracilis. — The gracilis * is a broad, flat muscle covering the 

 greater part of the medial aspect of the thigh. Its origin is from the 

 pelvic symphysis, the tendon of insertion of the straight abdominal 

 muscle where this is attached to the pecten of the pubis, and the accessory 

 ligament of the hip joint. Some fibres arise from a tendinous septum 



1 Gracilis [L.], thin, slender, lean ; from the thinness of the human muscle. 



