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ANATOMY FOR NURSES. 



[ClIAP. IX. 



may be felt, and the circulation through the vessel may be most 

 easily controlled by pressure. 



The popliteal artery, 

 continuous with the fem- 

 oral, is placed at the back 

 of the knee ; just below 

 the knee joint it divides 

 into the anterior and 

 posterior tibial arteries. 



The posterior tibial ar- 

 tery lies along the back 

 of the leg, and extends 

 from the bifurcation of 

 the popliteal to the 

 ankle, where it divides 

 into the internal and 

 external plantar arteries. 



About an inch below 

 the bifurcation of the 

 popliteal, the posterior 

 tibial gives off a large 

 branch, the peroneal ar- 

 tery. 



The anterior tibial ar- 

 tery, the smaller of the 

 two divisions of the 

 popliteal trunk, extends 

 along the front of the 

 leg to the bend of the 

 ankle, whence it is pro- 

 longed into the foot 

 under the name of the 

 dorsal artery. This 

 FIG. 77. DEEP VIEW OF unites with the external 



THE ARTERIES OF THE BACK an( J j nterna l plantar ar- FIG. 78. -ANTERIOR 



OF THE LEG. 1, popliteal ARTERIFS OF THK 



artery ; 6, division of pop- tenes to form the plan- 4 anterior t j 



liteal into anterior and pos- t h hi h supplies dor sal artery, 



tenor tibial arteries ; H, pos- 

 terior tibial ; 9, peroneal. blood to the f OOt. 1 



1 Outlining the aorta and its branches as an arterial tree will greatly aid the 

 student in mastering the arterial distribution. Also colouring the arteries red in the 

 figures would serve to make their position clearer and more easily remembered. 



VIEW 

 THF: LEG. 

 artery ; 9, 



