DISSECTION OF THE DOG 



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muscle is replaced by a Btrong tendon closely associated with that of the 

 gastrocnemius, the two together forming the Bo-called tendo-calcaneus of 

 Achilles. At first the plantaria tendon is the deeper of the two; l>ut, by 



m, tartoriu* 



i > 

 i \ 



I \ 

 i \ 

 i \ 



■ m. gracilis 

 m. semilendinosus 



a. saphena 



n. saphenus 



in. flexor 



digitorum longus 



m. tibialis anterior 



in. gastrocnemius 



- m. popliteus 



m. plantaris 



m. flexor hallucis longus 



n. tibialis 



ii. llantaris 

 lateralis 



n. plantarit 

 medial is 



Fig. 38. — Dissection of the medial aspect of tho leg. 



