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THE' NERVOUS SYSTEM 



part of the attachment of the extensor digitorura longus. At the medial border 

 of the fibula it becomes associated with the anterior tibial recurrent artery, with 

 which it ascends through the upper part of the tibialis anterior to the head of the 



Fig. 773. — Distribution op the Superficial and Deep Peroneal Nerves on the Ante- 

 rior Aspect of the Leg and on the Dorsum of the Foot. (Hirschfeld and Leveill6.) 



Common peroneal nerve 

 Recurrent articular 



Superficial peroneal 

 Branch to peroneus longus 



Branch to external 

 digitorum longus 



Branch to peroneus brevis 



Superficial peroneal 



Intermediate dorsal cutaneous' 



Lateral dorsal cutaneous' 



Dorsal digital 

 nerves 



Deep peroneal nerve 



Anterior tibial artery 



Tibialis anterior 



Deep peroneal nerve 

 Medial dorsal cutaneous 



Deep peroneal (lateral division) 



Distribution to extensor 

 digitorum brevis 



Deep peroneal (medial division) 



Dorsal digital 

 nerves 



tibia and the knee-joint. It supplies the tibialis anterior, the superior tibio- 

 fibular joint, and th(! kn(!(!-joint. 



(2) The superficial peroneal (musculo-cutaneous) nerve arises from the com- 

 mon peroneal b(;t\vccn the i)oron(3us longus and the neck of the fibula and de- 

 scends in the intermuscular septum between the long and short peronei on the 



