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INFERIOR EXTREMITY 



origin of the adductor longus, from the anterior aspect of the 

 body and the inferior ramus of the os pubis (Fig. 74, p. 200). 

 As it descends it inclines posteriorly and laterally, and it is 



Anterior superior 



spine of ilium 



Tensor fasciae 



latse 



Iliacus 



Psoas 



External iliac vessels 



Femoral nerve (O.T. anterior crural) 



Capsule of hip-joint, grooved 

 by m. ilio-psoas Pect ; neus 



Profunda femoris 

 vessels 



Vastus lateral is 



Vastus intermedius 



Rectus femoris 



Saphenous nerve 



Sartorius 



FIG. 79. Dissection of the Front of the Thigh. The hip-joint has been 

 exposed by removing portions of the muscles which lie anterior to it. 



inserted, posterior to the pectineus, into the whole length of 

 the line which extends from the lesser trochanter to the linea 

 aspera (Fig. 78, p. 209). It is supplied by the obturatornerve. 



Dissection. Reflect the adductor brevis by cutting it close to its origin, 

 and throwing it distally and laterally. The posterior division of the 



