Some anatomical studies on the arterial blood supply of the tarsal joint of the goat

ABSTRACT

The work was carried out on 10 pelvic limbs of the 5 normal goats of both sexes; 8 of them were treated by ordinary routine methods used to study the arteries. The other two limbs were prepared to X-ray films. The dissection and X-ray films revealed that, the dorsal aspect of the tarsal joint in goat received its arterial supply via the branches of the A. dorsalis pedis. While the A. saphena and its branches, A. plantaris medialis et lateralis, were considered as the main sources of the arterial supply of the plantar aspect of that joint