POSTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY 



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The lateral tarsal artery (A. tarsea lateralis) passes outward between the tibia 

 and the deep flexor of the digit, and is distributed to the outer surface of the hock. 



Tibial insertion of -^ 



sctiiikndiiMSUS 

 Saphenous vein 



Poplitcits 



Flexor dig. longus 



Posterior tibial resscls 

 Long extensor 



Medial ligament of hock 

 Peroneus tertius 



Medial tendon of 



tibialis anterior 



Outline of bursa of above 



Meelial or great 

 metatarsal vein 



Tendon of semitendinosus 



Gastrocnemius (medial 

 head) 



Tendon of gastrocnemius 



Tendon of superficial 



flexor 

 Tarscd tendon of semi- 

 tendinosus 

 Tibial nerve 



Recurrent tibial vessels 



Deep flexor tendon 



Medial tarsal artery 



Tendon of flexor dig. longus 

 Lateral plantar vein 

 Medial plantar artery 



Medied plantar nerve 

 Deep flexor tendon 



Medial superficial plantar 

 metatarsal vessels 



Fig. 583. — Dissection of Right Leg and Hock of Horse , Medial View . (After Schmaltz, Atlas d. Anat. d. Pferdes.) 



It gives off the small recxirrent tarsal artery (A. tarsea recurrens), which ascends 

 along the lateral margin of the gastrocnemius tendon with a satellite vein and nerve 



