PLATE XII. 



This figure represents the principle nerves of the digital 

 region. 



The plantar nerve occupies the same situation, but the 

 divisions which emanate from it are more numerous and more 



anastomotic. 



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P. Plantar nerve. 



A. Point of emergence of Jhe plantar nerve above the fesamoids. 



B, B. Cartilaginous branch. 



C, C. Cutaneous branch. 



D. Digital artery. 

 F\ Bulbous branch. 



6. Transverse branch behind the metacarpo-phalangial articulation. 



I. Nerve of the plantar pad. 



L. Lateral band, or filamentous stay, of the proper tunic of the 

 plantar pad. It crosses obliquely from backward forward, and 

 from upward downward, the direction of the plantar nerve. 



V. Digital vein. 



