PLATE XXVI. 



This figure represents a disposition a little more plexTious (more 

 net- work like) of the nerves of the digital region than in Fig. XXI. 



The plantar nerve occupies the same situation, but the divisions 

 which emanate from it are more numerous and more anastomotic. 



P Plantar nerve. 



A Point of emergence o'f tlie plantar nerve above tlie sesamoids. 

 B B Cartilaginous branch. 

 C C Cutaneous branch. 



D Digital artery. 



F' Bulbous branch. 



G Transverse branch behind the metacarpo-phalangial articulation. 



I Nerve of the plantar pad. 



L Lateral band, or filamentous stay, of the proper tunic of the plantar pad. 

 It crosses obliquely from backward, forward, and from upward 

 downward, the direction of the plantar nerve. 



V Digital vein. 



