EXTERNAL PLANTAR ARTERY. 



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Branches. From the superficial part of the artery two or three Ranches 

 ntcrnal calcaneal branches arise. They perforate the origin of the 



FlG . 77. SECOND VIEW OF THE SOLE OP THE FOOT (ILLUSTRATIONS 

 OF DISSECTIONS). 



minimi 



Arteries : 



a. Internal plantar. 

 J). External plantar. 



c. Branch to abductor 

 cligiti. 



d. Branch to outer side of little toe. 



Nerves : 



1. Internal plantar. 



2. External plantar. 



3. Branch to abductor minimi 

 digiti. 



4. Branch to flexor brevis hallucis. 



ILn.sdes : 



A. Accessorius. 



B. Tendon of flexor longus digi- 

 torum. 



c. Tender of flexor longus haUucis. 



D. marks the four lumbricales 

 muscles, but the letters are put on 

 the tendons of the flexor perforans. 



E. Tendon of flexor brevis digi- 

 toruiu. . . 



F. Tendon of flexor longus digi- 

 torum. 



G. Sheath of flexor tendons. 

 H. Tendon of peroneus longus. 



abductor hallucis, and ramify over the heel, anastomosing with the 

 terminal branches of the peroneal artery. 



Offsets are also furnished to the muscles between which it lies 

 and others turn round the outer border of foot to anastomose with side offoot 

 the tarsal and metatarsal arteries. 



