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lateral plantar artery
Origin: posterior tibial artery (larger of 2 terminal branches)
Branches: forms plantar arch
Distribution:
-> sole of foot & plantar surfaces of toes (via plantar arch)
Anastomoses:
1) medial plantar artery
2) dorsalis pedis
Related
plantar arch
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: lateral plantar artery
ORIGIN: posterior tibial artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium