Plantar metatarsal veins

Plantar metatarsal veins
The plantar arteries. Deep view. (Plantar metatarsal veins not visible, but location is similar to that of plantar metatarsal arteries, which are labeled at bottom right.)
Details
Source	plantar digital veins
Drains to	plantar venous arch
Artery	plantar metatarsal arteries
Identifiers
Latin	venae metatarsales plantares
TA	A12.3.11.017
FMA	70918
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The plantar metatarsal veins run backward in the metatarsal spaces and communicate, by means of perforating veins, with the veins on the dorsum of the foot, and unite to form the deep plantar venous arch which lies alongside the plantar arterial arch.

References

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

Veins of the human leg

thigh	femoral deep vein of the thigh popliteal

deep leg	fibular anterior tibial posterior tibial

superficial leg	small saphenous great saphenous external pudendal superficial of penis/clitoris

foot	dorsal arch dorsal metatarsal dorsal digital plantar arch plantar metatarsal common digital plantar digital

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