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A MANUAL OF ANATOMY 



External Plantar Artery. — This vessel, which is much larger 

 than the internal plantar, arises from the posterior tibial artery 

 on a level with the lower border of the internal annular ligament, 



External Plantar Artery 



Internal Calcaneal Artery 



, Posterior Tibial Artery 



^ Internal Plantar Artery 



Tibialis Posticus 



Peroneus Brevis... 



Posterior Perforating. 



Artery 



First Digital Artery 



Plantar Arch. 



Second Digital A.. 



Third Digital A. 



Fourth Digital A. 



Anterior Perforating, 

 Artery 



— -.Flex. Longus Digitorum 



Flex. Longus Hallucis 



_\i . Flexor Accessorius 



--Tendon of Abd. Hallucis 

 Plantar Branch of 

 -.Dorsalis Pedis Aitery 

 Communicating Branch 



- Arferia Magna Hallucis 



Fig. 2G4. — The Plantar Arteries (Left Foot) (after L. Testut's 

 ' Anatomie Humaine'). 



and terminates at the proximal part of the first interosseous space 

 by anastomosing with the communicating branch of the plantar 

 division of the arteria dorsalis pedis. 



