ANATOMY IN A NUTSHELL. 



LESSON L. 



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The posterior tibial artery (Plates LXIX-LXX) is a continuatioD of the 

 popliteal artery and commences at the lower border of the Popliteus muscle, 



from here it passes to the interval between the heel and the internal malleolus 



PLATE LXVII. 



v : Jii 



External or Shout Sapiienoi s Vein. 



where it divides into the internal and external plantar arteries. Along its 

 course it lies upon the Tibialis posticus. Flexor longus digitorum, tibia, and 

 ankle-joint. The branches of the posterior tibial artery are. (1) The peroneal 



