THE LOWER LIMB 



5" 



interosseous, and plantar or perforating, which latter divides in 

 the sole of the foot into arteria magna or princeps hallucis, or 

 first plantar interosseous, and plantar communicating, which latter 

 completes the plantar arch. 



The internal tarsal arteries are two or three in number, and 

 supply the adjacent structures on the inner border of the foot, 

 where they anastomose with branches of the internal plantar 



Anterior Peroneal Artery 

 External Malleolar Artery 

 External Malleolus 



Tarsal Artery 



Metatarsal Artery ._ 



Posterior Perforating 



Artery 



Second, Third, and. 



Fourth Dorsal 



Interosseous Arteries 



Anterior Tibial Artery 

 Internal Malleolar Artery 



Internal Malleolns 



Tibialis Anticus 



Dorsalis Pedis Artery 



-----Internal Tarsal Arteries 



Plantar Branch of Dor- 

 salis Pedis Artery 

 . First Dorsal Interosseous 

 Artery 



. Anterior Perforating 

 Artery 



Fig. 245. — The Arteries on the Dorsum of the Right Foot 

 (.\FTER L. Testut's ' Anatomie Humaine '). 



artery. The highest of them also takes part in the internal 



malleolar anastomosis. 



The external tarsal artery passes outwards beneath the extensor 



■ IS digitorum. It suppUes the adjacent structures, and at the 



outer border of the foot it anastomoses with the metatarsal and 



external plantar arteries. It also takes part in the external malleolar 



stomosis. 



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