There is, perhaps, no artery of proportionate size having as variable an origin as that of the obturator; nor lias any similar arterj-attracted greater attention among surgeoils, anatomists and embryologists. Three explanations for tlie differen'ces in origin of the adult obturator arteries appear in the literature. One view is that advanced by Langer
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