A blood vessel of the lower limb that carries oxygenated blood to the dorsal surface of the foot. It arises at the anterior aspect of the ankle joint and is a continuation of the anterior tibial artery. It terminates at the proximal part of the first intermetatarsal space, where it divides into two branches, the first dorsal metatarsal artery and the deep plantar artery. Along its course, it is accompanied by a deep vein, the dorsalis pedis vein. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsalis_pedis_artery ]
Synonyms: dorsal artery of foot arteria dorsalis pedis
Term information
- SCTID:181362007
- EMAPA:37077 (MA:th)
- galen:DorsalisPedisArtery
- MA:0001942
- Wikipedia:Dorsalis_pedis_artery
- FMA:43915
- NCIT:C32478
- UMLS:C0226492 (ncithesaurus:Dorsalis_Pedis_Artery)
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- artery
- hindlimb blood vessel
- connecting branch of some anterior tibial artery
- part of some hindlimb
- supplies some pes