Plantar arch

Plantar arch
The plantar arteries. Deep view.
Details
Source	Lateral plantar artery, deep plantar artery
Branches	Plantar metatarsal arteries
Vein	Plantar venous arch
Identifiers
Latin	arcus plantaris profundus
TA98	A12.2.16.065
TA2	4738
FMA	43942
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The plantar arch is a circulatory anastomosis formed from:

• deep plantar artery, from the dorsalis pedis - a.k.a. dorsal artery of the foot
• lateral plantar artery

The plantar arch supplies the underside, or sole, of the foot.

The plantar arch runs from the 5th metatarsal and extends medially to the 1st metatarsal (of the big toe).

The arch is formed when the lateral plantar artery turns medially to the interval between the bases of the first and second metatarsal bones, where it unites with the deep plantar branch of the dorsalis pedis artery, thus completing the plantar arch (or deep plantar arch).

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 639 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_17/17-3.HTM