Arteria tibialis antica and postica. 



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Art- 



583. The, Arteries of the Foot. 



After a specimen of H y r 1 1. 2 / 3 natural size. 



The largest branch of the posterior tibial artery is the peroneal, 

 Art. peronea. It passes along the posterior side of the fibula between 

 M. flexor longus pollids and M. tibialis posticus, supplies the deep muscles 

 in this region, and divides above the outer malleolus into the anterior 

 and posterior peroneal. 



Other branches of the posterior tibial artery are: the nutrient 

 artery, Art. nutritia tibiae ; 10 15 muscular branches; one com- 

 municating branch to the peroneal; the posterior malleolar 

 branches, an external and an internal; finally internal cal- 

 canean branches. 



Heitzmann, Atlas. II. 31 



