Lateral tarsal artery

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Lateral tarsal artery
Anterior tibial artery, dorsalis pedis artery and the muscles and bones of the leg - anterior view. (Lat. tarsal very faintly labeled at bottom center.)
Details
SourceDorsalis pedis artery
Identifiers
Latinarteria tarsalis lateralis
TA98A12.2.16.049
TA24715
FMA44595
Anatomical terminology

The lateral tarsal artery (tarsal artery) arises from the

peroneal artery directed towards the joint capsule, and from the lateral plantar
arteries through perforating arteries of the foot.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 637 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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