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TOPOGRAPHICAL ANATOMY OF THE 



artery, but variations are so frequent as to make impossible the enuncia- 

 tion of a strict rule. Within a fold of peritoneum which also contains 



Vena cava caudalis 



M. psoas minor, i 



I I 



I 1 



Right ureter. | i 



A. sacralis media. 

 A. hypogastrica 



N. cutaneus femoris lateralis. \ 

 N. genitofemoralis 



A. iliaca externa. ^ 



\ 



A. pudenda interna. 1^ * 



A. umbilicalis 

 M. psoas major. \ \ 



Aorta. 



Left ureter. 



N. genitofemoralis. 



I A. ovarica. 



A. circumflexa ilium profunda. 



A. uterina media 



Left ovary. 



Left cornu of uterus. 



N. femoralis. 



N. obturatorius. 



M. sartorius. 



M. iliopsoas. 

 A. femoralis. 



Broad ligament. 

 ' Body of uterus in section. 

 L^rinary bladder. 



Fig. 66.— Dissection of the sublumbar region and entrance to the pelvis (female). 



the corresponding vein, each small vessel follows an oblique course to 

 the abdominal ring of the inguinal canal, which it enters to form one of 

 the constituents of the spermatic cord. 



