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SURGICAL AND TOPOGRAPHICAL ANATOMY 



extensor of the toes, the extensor halkicis, here ahnost entirely tendinous, comes 

 to the surface. Behind, the prominence of the calf is mainly formed l)y the gas- 



FiG. 755. — The Anterior Tibial Artery, Dorsal Artery of the Foot, and Anterior 

 Peronkal Artkry, and their Branches. 



Superior internal articular artery 



Injerior internal articular artery 



Anterior tibial recurrent artery 



Anterior tibial arter 



Tibialis amicus musel 



ANTERIOR TIBIAL SERVE 



Extensor longus halluei 



Internal malleolar arter 



Anterior annular ligament 



Dorsalis pedis artery 



Innermost tendon of extensor 

 brevis digitorum 



Communicating branch 



Dorsalis hallucis arler 



Superior external articular artery 

 Inferior external articular artery 



Extensor longus digitorum 



Extensor longus digitorum, 

 turned back 



Peroneus tertius 



A nterior peroneal artery 

 External malleolar artery 



Peroneus brevis tendon 



Extensor brevis digitorum, cut 

 External tarsal branch 

 Metatarsal branch 

 Dorsal interosseous artery 



trocnemius. On the patient's rising on tiptoe, the tendo Achillis starts into relief 

 from about the middle of the leg. Of the two heads of the gastrocnemius, the inner 

 is seen to be the larger. On either side of the tendon, but more distinctly on the 



