TERMINAL BRANCHES. 



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externally around the head of the fibula beneath the peroneus longus, the extensor 

 proprius hallucis and the extensor longus digitorum it reaches the anterior aspect of 



Fig. I I 16. 



Extensor longus digitorum 



Anterior tibial artery- 



Anterior tibial nerve- 



Musculo-cutaneous nerve - 



Peroneus longus, laid open 



Tibialis anticus- 

 Extensor longus digitorum. 



Head of fibula 



Peroneal nerve 



Recurrent tibial branch 



Branch to extensor longus digitorum 



Extensor longus hallucis 



Internal branch of musculo-cutaneous 



Muscular branch to peronei 



Peroneus brevis 



External branch of musculo-cutaneous 



Peroneus longus tendon 

 Peroneus brevis tendon 



Origin of extensor brevis digitorum 

 External saphenous nerve 



Dissection of antero-lateral surface of left leg and of dorsum of foot, showing anterior 

 tibial and musculo-cutaneous nerves. 



the leg. Lying on the anterior surface of the interosseous membrane it joins the 

 anterior tibial vessels 8-12 cm. below its origin and accompanies these vessels 



