Elementary anatomy and physiology : for colleges, academies, and other schools . elementaryanato00hitc Year: 1869 214 HITCHCOCK'S ANATOMY each of the toes, and supplies the upper part of the foot with blood. The Posterior Tibial Artery follows upon the back side of the leg a corresponding course to the anterior tibial, and supplies the sole of the foot and toes with blood. 876. Capillaries.—The arteries just described area few only of the principal ones, since at nearly every inch of their course larger or smaller vessels are given off according to the Fig. 217. Varieties of Capillaries, a
Elementary anatomy and physiology : for colleges, academies, and other schools . elementaryanato00hitc Year: 1869 214 HITCHCOCK'S ANATOMY each of the toes, and supplies the upper part of the foot with blood. The Posterior Tibial Artery follows upon the back side of the leg a corresponding course to the anterior tibial, and supplies the sole of the foot and toes with blood. 876. Capillaries.—The arteries just described area few only of the principal ones, since at nearly every inch of their course larger or smaller vessels are given off according to the Fig. 217. Varieties of Capillaries, a, Those around Fat Cells. B, In Muscle, c, In Mucous Membrane, d, Skin of Finger. nature of the part to be supplied with blood, and, with a few exceptions, such as the one in the head (circle of Willis), they all terminate in minute vessels called Capillaries. 377. Diameter of Capillaries—Functions Performed in them.—These are minute tubes ^^th to roVoth of an inch in diameter, and are always the terminations of arteries. They are of a uniform size, and very regular in the distribu- 876. How do nearly all the arteries terminate ? Where is the only exception ? 377. State the diameter of the Capillaries. What of their uniformity ?
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