THE DORSAL ARTERIES OF THE HAND

(AFTER HENLE.) CDR, the posterior radio-carpal; ODU, one of the arterise ca srpere dorsales ulnares; MDR, the arterue metacarpeæ es radisles: MDU, the posterior ulno-carpal; JM), TMD1, IM DI, IMDS, the dorsal intero eous arteries; /MF *, one of the pusterior perforating arteries; ‘DD, the dorsal digitai arteries. the fingers. [L, ieee tte bial arteries. The digital arteries on the tibial side of the toes. fe. 179.|—Digito-ulnar arteries. The digital arteries on the ulnar side of the fingers. [L, 179.]—Direct colic a. A branch of the superior mesenteric a. in some quadrupeds, running along the colon in the same direction as the food and uniting with the retrograde colic a. to form an arterial arch. [L, 13.]—Dorsal a. of the clitoris. Lat., arteria dorsal is clitoridis. Fr., artére dorsale du clitoris, Ger., Riickenpulsader des Kitzlers., arteria dorsal del clitoris. One of the terminal branches of the internal pudic a. of the female, distributed to the glans and prepuce of the clitoris. ib 142.|—Dorsal a. of the foot. Lat., arteria dorsal is ped is. Fr., artère dorsale pédieuse. Sp., arteria pedia. The continuation of the anterior tibial a. in the foot. It extends from the bend of the ankle to the posterior end of the first inter metatarsal space, where it turns downward and pa es between the heads of the first dorsal intero eous muscle to the sole of the foot and aids in forming the lantar arch. It gives off the tarsal, metatarsal, and first dorsal intero eous arteries and a plantar digital branch distributed to the adjacent sides of the first and second toes. i, ee ae a. of the great toe. Lat., arteria dorsal is hallucis. Fr., artère dorsale du gros orteil. Ger., Riickenarterie der gro en Zehe, The first dorsal intero eous a. of the foot, which furnishes branches to the dorsum of the great toe and an occasional branch to the tibial side of the second toe. [L, 117,|—Dorsal a. of the index finger. Lat., arteria dorsal is indicis radial is. Fr.,artére radio-dorsale de l'index, Ger., Speichenrückenpulsader des Zeigefingers. The dorsal digital a. on the radial side of the index finger. tt is a branch of the radial a. given off ts below the base of the metacarpal bone, and furnishes a small branch to the abductor indicis muscle, {L, 31.]—Dorsal a. of the little toe. Lat., arteria dorsal is digit i minim i. Ger., Riickenarterie der kleinen Zehe. A branch of the dorsal a. of the foot, or of the metatarsal a., to the fibular side of the ii Dep ie AN \; VN) a AUD u