PLATE XO 



This figure represents the principle nerves of the digital 

 region. 



The plantar nerve occupies the same situation, but the 

 divisions which emanate from it are more numerous and more 

 anastomotic. 



P. Plantar nerve. 



A. Point of emergence of the plantar nerve above the sesamoids. 



B, B. Cartilaginous branch. 



C, C. Cutaneous branch. 



D. Digital artery. 

 F\ Bulbous branch. 



G. Transverse branch behind the metacarpo-phalangial articulation. 



I. Nerve of the plantar pad. 



L. Lateral baud, or filamentous stay, of the proper tunic of the 

 plantar pad. It crosses obliquely from backward forward, and 

 from upward downward, the direction of the plantar nerve. 



V. Digital vein. 



