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THE ARTERIES. 



on the internal face of the leg, furniahing numerous subcutaneous divisions, and terminates at 

 the hock by several slender plantar twigs, which accompany the flexor tendons. Among the 

 branches given off by this vessel in its course, it is necessary to distinguish two — one which 

 follows the anterior branch of the saphena vein to the hock, where it communicates by its 

 terminal divisions witli the tarsal artery ; the other arises a little lower, passes beneath the 



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Fig. 373. 



AXTERIOR ASPKCT OF HUMAN LEG AND FOOf, 



1, Tendon of insertion of the quadriceps ex- 

 tensor muscle ; 2, insertion of the ligamen- 

 tum patellae ; 3, tibia ; 4, extensor lungus 

 digitorum ; 6, peronei ; 7, inner belly of 

 gastrocnemius and soieus ; 8, annular 

 ligament; 9, anterior tibial artery; 10, 

 its recurrent branch inosculating with (2) 

 inferior arti<'ular anil (1) superior articular 

 arteries, branches of the popliteal; 11, 

 internal malleolar artery; 17, external 

 ditto, inosculating with anterior peroneal 

 artery, 12 ; 13, dorsalis pedis artery ; 14, 

 tarsea and metatarsea ; 15, <torsalis hal- 

 lucis artery ; Ifi, continuation of dorsalis 

 pedis into sole of foot. 



phalangeal flexor muscles, and is expended on the hock in articular and malleolar branches. In 

 the latter branch we see a trace of the peroneal artery of Man. The saphena itself, considered 

 as a whole, and particularly towards its inferior moiety, supplements the posterior tibial 

 artery. 



POSTERIOR ASPECT OF HUMAN LEO. 



1, Tendons of inner hamstring; 2, ditto of 

 biceps ; 3, popliteu-i mu.scle ; 4, flexor 

 longus digitorum; 5, tibialis posticus; 

 6, fibula; 7, peronei muscle-* ; 8, lower 

 portion of flexor longus pollicis, with its 

 tendon; 9, ponlitenl artery, givins otf 

 articular and rauscilar branches; 10. an- 

 terior tibial artery; 11, posterior tibial 

 artery; 12, relative position of tendons 

 and artery; 13, peroneal artery; 14, pos- 

 terior peroneal. 



