TERMINAL BRANCHES. 



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externally around the head of the fibula beneath the peroneus longus, the extensor 

 proprius hallucis and the extensor longus digitorum it reaches the anterior aspect of 



FIG. 1116. 



Extensor longus digitorum 



Anterior tibial artery- 



Anterior tibial nerve- 



Musculo-cutaneous nerve- 



Peroneus longus, laid open 



Tibialis anticus- 

 Extensor longus digitorum. 



Extensor longus hallucis 



Internal branch of musculo-cutaneous 



Anterior tibial nerve 

 Articular branch 

 External branch 



Extensor brevis 

 digitorum 



Head of fibula 



Peroneal nerve 



Recurrent tibial branch 



Branch to extensor longus digitorum 



Muscular branch to peronei 



Peroneus brevis 



External branch of musculo-cutaneous 



Peroneus longus tendon 

 Peroneus brevis tendon 



Origin of extensor brevis digitorum 

 External saphenous nerve 



Dissection of antero-lateral surface of left leg and of dorsum of foot, showing anterior 

 tibial and musculo-cutaneous nerves. 



the leg. Lying on the anterior surface of the interosseous membrane it joins the 

 anterior tibial vessels 8-12 cm. below its origin and accompanies these vessels 



