ANTERIOR TIllIAL 



597 



interosseous membrane, to which it is closely bound l^y fi})rous bands; and in its 

 lower third upon the front of the tibia and the ankle-joint. 



Fig. 380.— The Anterior Tibial Artery, Dorsal Artery of the Foot, axd Anterior 

 Peroneal Artery, and their Branches, Left Side. 



Superior internal articular artery 



Inferior internal articular artery 



Anterior tibial recurrent artery 



Anterior tibial artery 



Tibialis antious muscle 



AyTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE 



Extensor longus hallueis 



Internal malleolar artery 



Anterior annular ligament 



Dorsalis pedis artery 



Innermost tendon of extensor 

 brevis digitorum 



Communicating branch 



Dorsalis hallueis artery 



Superior external articular artery 



Inferior external articular artery 



£.zteasor longus digitorum 



Extensor longua digitorum, 

 turned back 



Feroneus tertius 



■« Anterior peroneal artery 



External malleolar artery 



Peroneus brevis muscle 



Extensor brevis digitorum, cut 

 External tarsal branch 

 Metatarsal branch 

 - Dorsal interosseous artery 



To its inner side along its upper two-thirds is the tibialis anticus muscle; Itiit 

 at the lowtn- third it is crossed by the tendon of the extensor jiroprius hallueis, and 

 then for the rest of its course has this tendon overlapping it or to its inner side. 



