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DISEASES. OF THE HORSE'S FOOT 



The ramifications of these series freely anastomose with 

 corresponding vessels of the opposite side. 



4. At the Superior Border of the Lateral Cartilage, the 

 Artery of the Plantar Cushion. This is directed obliquely 



Fig. 14. — The Arteries of the Foot. 



i, The digital; 2, the perpendicular — (a) its ascending branch, (b) 

 its descending branch ; 3, circumflex artery of coronary cushion ; 

 4, the preplantar (ungual) artery— this is seen issuing from the 

 preplantar foramen, and distributing numerous ascending (c) 

 and descending (d) branches (the latter concur in forming the 

 circumflex artery of the toe) ; 5, the circumflex artery of the 

 toe; 6, at the point marked (*) the terminal branch of the 

 digital — namely, the plantar ungual — is hidden behind the lateral 

 cartilage ; 7, the lateral cartilage. 



downwards and backwards, under cover of the cartilage, 

 and is distributed to the middle portion of the comple- 

 mentary apparatus of the os pedis, as well as to the villous 

 tissue and the coronet. A branch of it is turned forwards 



