DISSECTION OF THE DOG 



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Veins of the dorsum <>r the pes. -On the dorsal aspect <,f each digit 

 two veins are i<> be distinguished, tho dorsal digital veins (w. digitales 

 dorsales). These j « > i 1 1 to form three or four common dorsal digital win* 

 (w. digitales communes) which, in their turn, form the radicles of one largo 

 dorsal metatarsal vein (v. metatarsese dorsalis). This single vein crosses tho 



n. gluteus craniqlis 



a. gluhra tf 



F.ij. sacro-tubcrosum 

 \ 



a. caudalis lateralis 

 superficial is *%^ 



n. calamus femoris - ^+\ 



posterior ," 



m. biceps femoris' 

 m. semitendinosus " ~ ' 

 n. etitanms tuns lateralis -'"" 

 n. tibialis-'" 

 m. semimembranosus ' 

 n. cutaneus surce mediaH**" 

 v. saphena parva.- 



m. gastrocnemius- - 

 m. plantar is 



. • g ,u e i cruitlilis 



m. ffiulctus profundus 



■n. prrrinceus Vmgus 



i. nlii ,/(> m teriof 



• . Hex.n dijUirum profundus 



1 i . 33. Deep dissection of the gluteal region and the lateral aspect of the thigh. 



flexor aspect of the tarsus, where it communicates with the large saphena vein, 

 then passes obliquely over the lateral face of the leg and disappears medial 

 to the biceps muscle to become the small saphenous vein (vena saphena parva), 

 which finally ends in cither the femoral or the popliteal vein. 



The medial side of the metatarsus and tarsus is drained into the large 

 saphenous vein (vena saphena magna). 



Arteries of the dorsum of the pes. — The arteries dorsal to the 



