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dorsalis pedis artery

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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 info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Gray553.png

has related synonym

arteria dorsalis pedis

id

UBERON:0001539

prefLabel

Dorsalis pedis artery, dorsalis pedis artery

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606