The Edinburgh dissector, or, System of practical anatomy : for the use of students in the dissecting room / by a Fellow of the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Date:
1837
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    304. Femoral Aponeurosis (fascia lata femoris); strong and tendinous externally, but much weaker inter- nally. Its attachments are, 1 °. To the crest of the ileum, and as has been already remarked, to the sacral and coccygeal vertebrae. 2°. To Poupart's ligament through- out its whole length. Some anatomists consider the fe- moral aponeurosis and Poupart's ligament as qtiiie conti- 9UWUS, but this seems incorrect; they are merely united to each other. This may be proved by cutting away Poupart's ligament with a very sharp knife, when it will be found that the feraorz^l aponeurosis is as tense as ever in consequence of a deeper connexion with the facia transversalis which lies beneath Poupart's liga- ment. 3°. To the rami of the ischium and pubis. In short, as we have seen, it encloses all the muscles of the thigh, sending numerous partitions or prolongations inwards between them to lay hold of the femur, then giving to most of them a general covering, and a parti- cular sheath. It also forms extensively the sheaths of the great vessels, and more especially of the superficial femoral artery as it passes through the thigh. These important points in its anatomy will be perfectly un- derstood by the student^ if he dissects the muscles properly. Next cut through the saphena vein at the distance of about four inches below Poupart's ligament, and raise it up ; directed by it, the dissector will be led to examine carefully the inferior border of the saphenic opening. The student may next cut through the cri- briform fascia, and laying it over towards the pubis, he thus exposes the common femoral vein, into which the saphena vein passes ; also, the crescentic margin or du- plicature of Mr. Burns, running upwards and forwards to Poupart's] ligament. By opening the fascia lata a little to the outside of the femoral vein, he will expose the common femoral artery, and at a short distance on the iliac side of the artery, he will find embedded be- low the fascia lata, the crural nerve. Returning to the crescentic margin, or falciform process, which presents two portions, a longer one looking towards the pubes, a shorter one looking upwards towards Poupart's liga- ment, it is easy to see that several different views may be taken of the nature and formation of the cribriform fascia. 1. It may be considered as a layer of cellular