The dissector's guide, or, Student's companion : illustrated by numerous woodcuts, clearly exhibiting and explaining the dissection of every part of the human body . rticular branches sent off fromthe popliteal artery. 11. The muscular and nutritious arteries are sent off as the vessel isdescending between the tibialis anticus and extensor longus digitorum,and between the tibialis anticus and extensor longus pollicis. Thesebranches supply the muscles on the anterior part of the leg. 12. The external malleolar artery passes under the tendons of theextensor longus digitorum to the outer ankle, a
The dissector's guide, or, Student's companion : illustrated by numerous woodcuts, clearly exhibiting and explaining the dissection of every part of the human body . rticular branches sent off fromthe popliteal artery. 11. The muscular and nutritious arteries are sent off as the vessel isdescending between the tibialis anticus and extensor longus digitorum,and between the tibialis anticus and extensor longus pollicis. Thesebranches supply the muscles on the anterior part of the leg. 12. The external malleolar artery passes under the tendons of theextensor longus digitorum to the outer ankle, and forms anastomoseswith the fibular and tarsal arteries. 13. The internal malleolar artery runs under the tendon of the tibialisanticus to the inner ankle, to be distributed upon the surroundinc cap-sule of the joint anastomosing with branches of the posterior tibialartery. 14. The tarsal artery runs outwards close to the tarsal bones, beneaththe extensor brevis digitorum ; it communicates with the fibular andexternal malleolar arteries; its continued trunk sinks under the tendonof the peroneus brevis, and terminates in supplying the outer border ofthe THE DISSECTORS GUIDE. 23 15. The metatarsal branch is sent off just as the dorsal artery is aboutto divide into its three branches ; it passes outwards to the little toerunning upon the metatarsal bones, forming an arcb, from the convexityof which arise the interosseal branches, which ramify upon the interosse-al muscles, and ultimately terminate by dividing into branches to supplythe toes, termed digital arteries. The branch sent off to the great toe is termed the dorsalis hallucis,and terminates in supplying it. The branch to the second toe is some-times a branch of the former, and supplies the inner part of the secondtoe. The two veins which accompany the anterior tibial artery are formedby the small veins which accompany the minute branches of the artery,and which unite to form the two venae comites; they ascend, pass
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