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Plantar venous arch of foot: anatomy, location and function

A deep venous arch in the sole of the foot. It drains the toes and sole toward the posterior tibial veins.

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Highlighted in the model: Plantar venous arch of foot. Click any part to read about it, or switch off “Highlight topic” to see the whole body. 3D data: BodyParts3D, © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0; meshes simplified and recoloured. The model is an adult male.

Plantar venous arch of foot at a glance

What it is
A deep venous arch in the sole of the foot.
Location
It lies with the plantar arch, receives the plantar metatarsal veins and drains into the medial and lateral plantar veins.
Function
It drains the toes and sole toward the posterior tibial veins.
Body system
Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
FMA ID
FMA44884 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)

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References

  1. Foundational Model of Anatomy: Plantar venous arch of foot (FMA44884). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
  2. OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §20.1 Structure and Function of Blood Vessels. Rice University, 2022.
  3. 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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