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POSTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY. 

 Fig. 130.* 



* A posterior view of the leg, showing the popliteal and posterior tibial artery. 

 1. The tendons forming the inner hamstring. 2. The tendon of the biceps 

 forming the outer hamstring. 3. The popliteus muscle. 4. The flexor longus 

 digitorum. 5. The tibialis posticus. 6. The fibula; immediately below the 

 figure is the origin of the flexor longus pollicis ; the muscle has been removed 

 in order to expose the peroneal artery. 7- The peronei muscles, longus and 

 brevis. 8. The lower part of the flexor longus pollicis muscle with its tendon. 

 Q. The popliteal artery giving off its articular and muscular branches ; the two 

 superior articular are seen in the upper part of the popliteal space passing 

 above the two heads of the gastrocnemms muscle, which are cut through near 



