Bassett Collection Large Image - Lane Medical Library, Stanford University Medical Center

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Dissection of knee

Superficial vessels and nerves of left knee, anterior view

The specimen shown in view 185-3 is seen in this close-up photograph illustrating the superficial structures in the region of the left knee joint.

1 .	Cutaneous branches of anterior femoral nerve
2 .	Greater saphenous vein
3 .	Medial epicondyle
4 .	Saphenous branch of descending genicular artery
5 .	Infrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve
6 .	Tela subcutanea
7 .	Tendon of insertion of sartorius muscle
8 .	Anterior tibial recurrent artery
9 .	Fascia lata
10 .	Patella
11 .	Insertion of patellar ligament on tibial tuberosity