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PLATE XVII. 



a Radial artery. 



b Dorsales pollicis. 



c Dorsalis indicis. 



d Metacarpal. 



e Posterior carpal of radial. 



Adductor pollicis, sending an expansion 



on to the extensor secundi internodii 



pollicis. 

 Posterior annular ligament ; the six 



different compartments are indicated 



by numerals. 

 Expansion from the interossei to the 



extensor tendons (on the radial side 



it is also joined by the expansion 



from the lumbricales). 

 Abductor minimi digiti. 

 Flexor ossis metacarpi minimi digiti. 



/ Metacarpal arteries from posterior carpal 



arch 

 g Posterior terminal branch of anterior 



interosseous. 

 h Eadialis indicis. 



i Terminal branch of posterior interosseoua. 



1 Radial 



NERVES 



I 2 Dorsal branch of ulnar. 



The common extensor tendon for the little finger runs down parallel to that of 

 the ring, and only branches away from it towards the lower part of the interosseous 

 space, then joining the radial of the two tendons, into which the extensor minimi digiti 

 divides. 



