PLATE XVIII. 



Arterial vessels. 



The figure represents the superficial disposition of the digital 

 artery at the superior face of the two first phalanges and at the in- 

 ferior face of the third. 

 A A' Digital artery in its passage along the phalanges. 



G Posterior transverse branches of the metacarpo-phalangial articula- 

 tion. 

 H Branches above one another at intervals. 

 K Artery of the plantar pad, or cushion. 

 L Internal branch of the artery of tlie plantar pad. 

 P P P Circumflex artery. 

 Y Y Solar arteries, or arteries of plant ;ir surface. 



