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DISSECTION OF THE FOOT. 



and the abductor minimi digiti. In this extent it is placed on the os 

 calcis, and the flexor accessorius: and it is accompanied by vena? comites, 

 and the external plantar nerve. 



Fig. 211. 



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FIRST VIEW OF THE SOLE OF THE FOOT 



(Illustrations of Dissections). 

 Muscles : 



A. Abductor pollicis. 



B. Flexor brevis digitorum. 

 c. Abductor minimi digiti. 

 i). Ligament of the toes. 



Arte.rif.s: 



a. External plantar. 



b. Internal plantar. 

 jferves : 



1. Internal plantar, with its four branches; 



2, 3, 4 and 5, for three toes and a half. 

 6. External plantar nerve, with two digital 



branches ; 7 and S, for one toe and a half. 



SECOND VIEW OF THE SOLE OF THR FOOT 

 (Illustrations of Dissections). 



Muscles : 



A. Musculus accessorius. 



B. Tendon of flexor digitorum longus. 

 c. Tendon of flexor longus pollicis. 



D. Marks the four lumbricales muscles, but 



the letters are put on the tendons of the 

 flexor digitornm perforans. 



E. Tendon of flexor perforatus. 

 p. Tendon of flexor perforans. 



0. Sheath of flexor tendons. 

 H. Tendon of peroneus longus. 



Arteries : 



a. Internal plantar. 



b. External plantar. 



c. Branch to abductor minimi digiti. 



d. Branch to outer side of little toe. 

 Nerves : 



1. Internal, and 2, external plantar. 

 4. Branch to flexor brevis pollicis. 



It supplies offsets to the muscles between which it lies, and others to 

 the outer side of the foot for anastomosis with the peroneal artery. 



