DISSECTION OP THE DOG 



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muscle is replaced by a strong tendon closely associated with that of the 

 gastrocnemius, the two together forming the so-called tendo-calcanens of 

 Achilles. At first the plantaris tendon is the deeper of the two ; but, by 



m. sartorius 



i \ 



n. sapkenus' 



m. flexor. 

 digilorum longus 



m. tibialis anterior. 



- - m. gracilis 



- m. semitendinosus 



a. saphena 



III. gastrocnemius 



m. popliteus 

 m. plantaris 



m. flexor hallucis longus 



ft, tibialis 



n. vlantans 



lateralis 



Fig. 38.— Dissection of the medial aspect of the ] 



