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plantar metatarsal artery
One of 4 arteries on each side.
Origin: superficial plantar arch
Branches:
1) perforating branches
2) medial & lateral digital arteries, supplying the plantar aspect of the medial or lateral sides of 2 toes
Anastomoses: common plantar digital arteries
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: plantar metatarsal artery
ORIGIN: deep plantar arch
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium