PLATE XXXIII 



Medial femoral circumflex vein - 



Biceps femoris '-. |^+ 

 Common peroneal nerve-- 

 Tibial nerve -. 



Anastomotic peroneal nerve _. 

 Lateral head of gastrocnemius _ 



Medial cutaneous nerve of the calf . 

 Lateral cutaneous nerve of the calf - 



Gastrocnemius -1 



Great saphenous vein 



Sartorius 



Gracilis 

 Semitendinosus 



Semimembranosus 



-- Medial5head of gastrocnemius 

 -Small saphenous vein 



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| -Gastrocnemius 

 Communication to great saphenous 



Peroneus longus-. 

 Soleus _| 



Peroneus brevis 



--Soleus 



- Communication from great saphenous vein 



Sural nerve - 



Small saphenous vein - 

 Lateral posterior-malleolar artery 



Peroneal retinaculutn 



Flexor hallucis longus 

 [Communicating vein 

 Tendo calcaneus 

 Calcaneus 



FIG, 164. Dissection of the Posterior Aspect of the Leg viewed from 



behind and laterally. 



In the specimen there were numerous large anastomosing channels between 

 the small and the great saphenous vein. 



