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Fig. 478.— Longitudinal Section of tte Digital Eegion. 



A.— Lower part of the plantar cushion. B.— Ligamentous hands of the fibrous 

 layers of the plantar cushion. C— Fibrous membrane of the plantar cushion. D.— In- 

 sertion of the plantar cushion to the inferior face of the os pedis. E.— Spongy tissue of 

 OS coronsB. F. — Articulation of first and second phalanx. H. — Perforatus tendon at- 

 tached to the OS coronEB. I. —Insertion of plantar aponeurosis to the semi-lunar crest. 

 K. — Spongy structure of 08 'suffraginis. L. — Section of perforatus tendon. M.— Yellow 

 fibrous band uniting the anterior face of the perforans tendon to the posterior face of 

 the 08 coronEB, N. — Synovial sac of the sesamoido-pedal articular. O. — Tendinous sesa- 

 moid sheath. P.— Synovial capsula of the articulation of the foot. T.— Perforans ten- 

 don. Y. — Metacarpo-phalangeal Joint. 



to the ground the pressure which it receiyes. These are the lat- 

 eral cartilages and the plantar cushion ; arteries, veins, lymphatics 

 and nerves, remarkable for their number, development and dispo- 

 sition; and at last, a ligamentous, sub-horny membrane, or kera- 



