THE LIMBS OF THE HORSE 



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as the artery buries itself between the radius and the Hexor carpi 

 radialis muscle, and, later, between this muscle and the deep flexor of 

 the digits. In some instances the nerve becomes again superficial just 

 as it is about to terminate in the distal third of the forearm in the 

 depression bounded by the flexor carpi ulnaris and flexor carpi radialis. 

 The exact relation of the median nerve and artery at the level of 



M. extensor carpi radialis. 



N. ciitaueus antibracliii 



lateralis. 

 V. cephalica accessoria. 



M. extensor digitorum 

 communis. 



Radius. _ 



N. cutaneus antibrachii 



lateralis. 

 V. cephalica antibrachii. 



A. mediana. 



V. mediana. 

 N. medianus. 



M. flexor carpi radialis. 



M. flexor carpi ulnaris. 



N. radialis. 



M. abductor pollicis. 

 A. interossea dorsalis. 



Jl. extensor digiti 

 quiiiti. 



M. extensor carpi 

 ulnaris. 



M. flexor digitorum 

 profundus (caput 

 hunierale). 



M. fle.xor digitoiiim profundus 

 (caput ulnare). 



W. flexor digitofum sublimis. N. ulnaris. 



Fig. 33. — Section across the Forearm at the Level indicated by C in Fig. 30. 



the elbow joint and in the most proximal part of the forearm is subject 

 to variation — a circumstance that must be kept in mind in connection 

 with operations in this region. Commonly, the nerve passes obliquely 

 over the medial face of the artery, as the elbow joint is being crossed. 

 It may, however, run for a distance upon (that is, superficial to) the 

 artery. Or it may follow the anterior (dorsal) border of the artery 

 throughout. 



The median nerve ends by dividing into the medial and lateral 

 volar nerves. The collateral branches are all given off a short distance 

 beyond the elbow joint and supply the flexor carpi radialis and the 



