ANTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY 



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ANTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY 



The anterior tibial artery (A. tibialis anterior) is much the larger of the two 

 terminal branches of th(> popliteal. It passes forward through the upper part of 



Vdsliis cxtertius 



Biceps femori.^ 



Gastrocnemius, extern<d 



head 



Superficial flexor 



Articular vessels 



Joint capsule 



External condyle of femur 



Poplileus 

 Joint capsule, opened 



External lateral ligament 



Recurrent tibial vessels 



Soleu 

 Tibialis posterior 



Lateral extensor tendon 

 Recurrent tarsal vein 

 External plantar vein 



External tarsal vein 

 External tarsal artery 



Trochlea of tibial tarsal bone 

 External lateral ligament 



Fibular tarsal bom 



Femoral vessels 



Fosterior feniored artery 



Fopliteal artery 



Adductor 

 Gastrocnemius, internal head 



Tibial nerve 



Flexor dig. longus s. accessor- 



ius 



Flexor hcdlucis longus 



Reeurretd tibicd artery 



External tarsal artery 

 Internal tars(d artery 

 Upper end of tarsal sheath 

 Deep flexor tendon 

 Long flexor tendon 

 Plantar nerves 

 Plantar arteries 

 Joird capsule, opened 



Fig. 459.— Deep Dissection of Right STiFi.r., Leg, .\nd Hock of Horse, Posterior View. 

 The hock is flexed at a right angle, and the tuber calcis is sawn off. The tibial nerve is drawn inward to 

 show its muscular branches. Branches of tibial nerve: /, ^, to gastrocnemius; .9, 4, to superficial flexor; 5, to 

 popliteus; 6, to flexor longus or accessorius; 7, to deep flexor. (After Schmaltz, Atlas d. .A.nat. d. Pferdes.) 



