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being fashioned by cutting, and the posterior, which 

 is a little the longer of the two, by transfixion. In 

 the anterior flap the following structures would be 

 cut : Skin, cutaneous nerves, fascia, tibialis anticus, 

 extensor coinmunis digitorum, and a little of the 



Fig. 53. Transverse Section through the Lower Third of the Leg 

 (Braune). 



a, Tibialis anticus ; 6, extensor longus pollicis; c, extensor communisdigitorum; 

 d t peroneus brevis ; e, peroneus longus; /, tibialis posticus : g, ik-xor longus 

 digitorum ; h, flexor longus pollicis ; i, gastrocnemius and soleus ; j, short 

 gapbenous nerve and vein ; k, anterior tibial vessels and nerve; I, peroneal 

 vessels ; m, posterior tibial vessels and nerve ; n, musculo-cutaneous nerve. 



extensor proprius pollicis, the peroneus longus, and a 

 small part of the upper extremity of the peroneus 

 brevis, the anterior tibial vessels and nerve, and the 

 musculo-cutaneous nerve. In the posterior flap the 

 following would be the parts divided: Skin, external 

 and internal saphenous veins and nerves, fascia, gastroc- 

 nemius, plantaris, soleus, tibialis posticus, flexor longus 

 digitorum, a little of the upper end of the flexor 

 longus pollicis, the posterior tibial vessels and nerve, 

 and the peroneal vessels. Fig. 52 shows the stump 

 left after an amputation through the lower part of the 



