Dorsal venous arch of foot at a glance
- What it is
- The dorsal venous arch is a superficial venous arch on the top of the foot.
- Location
- It lies over the metatarsals and receives dorsal digital veins. Its medial end continues as the great saphenous vein and its lateral end as the small saphenous vein.
- Function
- It drains the toes and the dorsum of the foot.
- Body system
- Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA44882 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Structures next to the dorsal venous arch of foot
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Lateral cuneiform bone · skeletal
- Intermediate cuneiform bone · skeletal
- Extensor hallucis brevis · muscular
- Deep plantar artery · cardiovascular
- Plantar arch · cardiovascular
- Cuboid bone · skeletal
- Plantar venous arch of foot · cardiovascular
- Oblique head of adductor hallucis · muscular
- Medial cuneiform bone · skeletal
- Fourth metatarsal bone · skeletal
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Dorsal venous arch of foot (FMA44882). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §20.1 Structure and Function of Blood Vessels. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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