rilE LE(i 11 id 



outer side where it is less overlapped by the gastrocnemius, the soleus comes into 



view. 



Vessels.— The saphena veins should be carefully traced, owing to the ten- 

 dency of these and their branches to become varicose. The internal, having 



Fig. 7.56.— Kelatio.\8 ok tiif. Popi.ite.vl .\rtekv to r>oXK.s Axn Mlhcles. 



Sufierior exiemal arlicilar arleri/ 



POPLITEA L XER VE 



External lateral ligament 



Inferior external articular artery ■ 



Popliteus • 



Muscular branch to soleus ■ 

 Soleus ' 

 Anterior tibial arleni 



■I 



Siiiicrior internal artuu/ar arleri/ 

 P'l/iliteal arleri/ 



Posterior ligament of knee 



A:;/f/os articular arleri/ 

 SEMI-MEMBRAN0SU3 



Inferior internal articular artery 

 Muscular branch 



Peroneus lougus 



Peroneal arteni _ 



BRA XCH OF POSTERIOR TIBIA L 

 SERVE TO FLEXOR LONGUS' 

 HALLL'CIS 



Plexor longus hallucis 



Cutaneous branch of peroneal artery 



Feroneus brevis 

 Continuation of peroneal artery 



Tibialis posticus 



POSTERIOR TIBIAL SERVE 



MUSCULAR BRA sen OF POS- 

 TERIOR TIBIAL SERVE TO 

 PLEXOR LOSOUS DIOITORUM 



Flexor longus digitorum 



Posterior tibial artery 



Tibialis posticus 



< ommunicatinri branch 

 Internal annular ligament 



^^1 



Internal calcaneal artery 



passed from the arch on the dorsum uvir the internal malleolus, runs up the inner 

 side of the leg, along the inner border of the tibia, to the back of the internal con- 

 dyle, and then upwards along the tliigh. over the roof of Hunter's canal, to the 



