PLANTAR ARCH OF VESSELS. 



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of the vessel : they pass to the dorsum of the foot through 

 the three outer metatarsal spaces, and join the dorsal interosseous 



.lies (p. 184). 

 The digital branches (c) are four in number, and supply both 



'. Internal plantar artery. 

 1. Internal plantar nerve 



2. External plantar nerve. 

 b. External plantar artery. 



3. Superficial branch 

 external nerve, 



4. Deep branch of the 

 external nerve. 



FIG. 79. FOURTH VIEW OF THE SOLE OF THE FOOT (ILLUSTRATIONS 

 OF DISSECTIONS) 



g. Branch to inner side of great 

 toe. 



h. Branch for the supply of great 

 toe and the next, 



Nerves : 



1. Internal plantar, cut. 



2. External plantar. 



3. Its superficial part. 



4. Its deep part, the latter supply- 

 ing offsets to the interosseous muscles. 



0. Three plantar interossei. 



1. Four dorsal interossei. 



Arteries : 



a. Internal plantar, cut. 



b. External plantar. 



c. Its four digital branches. 



d. Plantar arch. 



fi. Dorsal of foot entering the sole. 

 f. Artery of great toe. 



sides of the three outer toes and half the next. One to the outer three toes 

 side of the little toe is single ; the others lie over the interossei in andahalf 

 the outer three metatarsal spaces, but beneath the adductor trans- 

 halluris (fig. 78), and bifurcate in front to supply the 



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