ANTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY 



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ANTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY 



Tlic anterior tibial artery (A. til)ialis anterior) is much the larger of the two 

 terminal branches of the popliteal. It passes forward through the upper part of 



Vastus extern Ks 



Biceps fenior is 



Gastrocnemius, external 



head 



Superficial Jlcx<jr 



Articular vessels 



Joint capsule 



External condyle of femur 



Poplitius 

 Joint capsule, opened 



External hiteral ligament 



Recurrent tibial vessels 



Solcus 

 Tibialis posterior 



Lateral extensor tendon 

 Recurrent tarsal vein 

 External plantar vein 



External tarsal vein 

 External tarsal artery 



Trochlea of tibial tarsal bone 

 External lateral ligament 



Fibular tarsal bone 



Femoral vessels 



Posterior femoral ariery 



Popliteal artery 



Adductor 

 (lastroenemius, internal head 



erve 



li- Tibial ni 



Plexor dig. longus s. accessor- 



ius 



Flexor hallucis longus 



Recuireid tibial artery 



ExtertKd tarsal artery 

 Interned tarsal artery 

 Upper end of tarsal sheath 

 Deep flexor tendon 

 Long flexor tendon 

 Plantar nerves 

 Plantar arteries 

 Joint capsule, opened 



Fig. 459. — Deep Dissectiox ok Right .Stule, Leg, .\nd Hock of Horse, Posterior View. 

 The hock is flexed at a right anglCj^and the tuber calcis is sawn off. The tibial nerve is drawn inward to 

 show its niu.scuiar branches. Branches of tibial nerve: 1 , S, to gastrocnemius; 3, 4, to superficial flexor; 5, to 

 popliteus; 6, to flexor longus or accessorius; 7, to deep flexor. (After Schmaltz, Atlas d. Anat. d. Pferdes.) 



