LYMPH-VESSELS OF LOWER LIMB 749 



group curves around to join the medial, partly in the leg and partly in the thigh 

 I wo or three vessels from the heel follow the lesser saphenous vein to the popliteal 

 space. The vessels from the upper and dorsal part of the thigh curve around on 

 both sides to reach the superficial inguinal nodes. The vessels of the anus and 



Fig. 593.— The Lymphatics of the Back of the Lower Extremity. (After Toldt "Atlas of 

 Human Anatomy," Rebman, London and New York.) ' 





Popliteal lymph -nodes- 



Small saphenous vein — 



Deep lymphatic vessels 



Popliteal fossa 



or ??! T; • ^l^^?f from the external genitalia, except from the glans penis 



or the clitoris, pass to the medial nodes of the superficial inguinal group, 

 in. \t^ y^ vessels follow the course of the arteries of the leg, those accompany- 

 ing the dorsahs pedis and anterior tibial arteries coming into relation with the 



