ANTERIOR TIBIAL ARTERY 



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the suspensory ligament with the plantar arteries (or only with the lateral plantar) 

 to form the proximal plantar arch (Arcus plantaris proximalis). 



Vastus lateralis 



Biceps femoris 



Gastrocnemius, lateral head 



Superficial digital flexor 



Lateral articular vessels 



Joint capsule 



Lateral condyle of femur 



Popliteus 



Pouch of joint capsule, 



opened 



Lateral ligament of femoro- 



tibial joint 



Recurrent tibial vessels 



Soleus 

 Tibialis posterior 



Lateral extensor tendon 

 Recurrent tarsal vein 

 Lateral plantar vein 



Lateral tarsal vein 

 Lateral tarsal artery 



Trochlea of tibial tarsal bone —jtjf. 

 Lateral ligament of hock joint 



Fibular tarsal bone 



Femoral vessels 

 Posterior femoral artery 

 Popliteal artery 

 Adductor 



Gastrocnemius, medial head 



Tibial nerve 



Flexor dig. longus 

 Flexor hallucis longus 



Posterior tibial artery 



Lateral tarsal artery 

 Medial tarsal artery 

 Proximal end of tarsal sheath 

 Deep flexor tendon ^ 

 Long flexor tendon 

 Planiar nerves 

 Plantar arteries 

 Joint capsule, opened 



Fig. 584. — Deep Dissection of Left Stifle, Leg, and Hock of Horse; Posterior View. 

 The hock is flexed at a right angle, and the tuber calcis is sawn off. The tibial nerve is drawn aside to show its 

 muscular branches. The capsules of the stifle and hock joints are partially removed. Branches of tibial nerve; 1, «, 

 to gastrocnemius; S, 4, to superficial flexor; 5, to popliteus; 6, to flexor longus; 7, to deep flexor. (After Schmaltz, 

 Atlas d. Anat. d. Pferdes.) 



