162 MAMMALIA. 



inner side of the foot ; it gives branches to the skin of the heel, and then passes into 

 the foot, covered by the membranous plaits connected with the hoof, and distributing 

 branches to these and the villous covering of the sole. The external plantar passes 

 between the flexor tendons, and then on the outer side of these, and gives off the deep 

 plantar nerve ; it is continued down on the outer side of the tendon, gives filaments 

 to the sheath and fascia, receives the branch from the inner plantar, and gives off a 

 branch which communicates with the outer branch of the anterior tibial nerve, and is 

 distributed on the side of the foot ; it gives branches to the skin of the heel, and then 

 passes into the foot covered by the membranous plaits connected with the hoof to 

 distribute branches to these and the villous covering of the sole. The deep plantar 

 gives filaments to the ligaments, &c., and then divides into two branches ; the inner 

 passes down underneath the tendon, then near the edge of the bone to the foot to 

 communicate with a branch of the saphenus nerve, and of the inner plantar, to be 

 distributed on the skin at the inner side of the foot ; the outer branch passes near the 

 edge of the bone, gives a branch to the ligaments, and then joins the outer branch of 

 the anterior tibial nerve. The peroneal nerve passes to the outer side of the leg, and 

 gives small branches to the fascia and skin; it sends the long branch downwards, 

 which gives filaments to the fascia, and terminates in the skin covering the dorsum of 

 the cannon bone. It gives filaments to the ligaments and fascia on the outer side of 

 the knee joint, and branches to the peroneal muscle, the extensors of the toes, and the 

 anterior tibial muscle. It gives off the anterior tibial nerve, which passes down the 

 leg between the peroneal and anterior tibial muscles, then between this and the bone 

 along with the anterior tibial artery underneath the annular ligament, where it divides 

 into two branches, the outer one gives filaments to the joint, and is continued with the 

 anterior tibial artery on the outer side of the cannon bone, giving filaments to the 

 periosteum, and on the outer side of the foot receiving the outer branch of the deep 

 plantar nerve : it then becomes connected with a branch of the outer plantar nerve, 

 and is distributed on the ligaments and skin on the outer side of the foot ; the inner 

 branch of the anterior tibial passes down on the cannon bone, gives filaments to the 

 periosteum and fascia, and terminates on the skin at the inner side of the foot. 



