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deep plantar artery; plantar perforating artery
Origin:
1) arcuate artery of foot or
2) 1st metatarsal artery
Anastomosis: termination of deep plantar arch
Course:
-> penetrates the foot between the 1st & 2nd metatarsal bones
Related
deep plantar arch
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: deep plantar artery; plantar perforating artery
ORIGIN: arcuate artery of foot
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium