Medial tarsal arteries

Medial tarsal arteries
Anterior tibial artery, dorsalis pedis artery and the muscles and bones of the leg - anterior view. (Medial tarsal visible but not labeled, at bottom right.)
Details
Source	arteria dorsalis pedis
Identifiers
Latin	arteriae tarsales mediales
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_61/12156215
TA	A12.2.16.050
FMA	70818
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The medial tarsal arteries are two or three small branches which ramify on the medial border of the foot and join the medial malleolar network.

References

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

External links

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/figures/chapter_17/17-3.HTM

Arteries of the human leg

Inferior epigastric

cremasteric ♂ / round ligament ♀

Deep circumflex iliac

no major branches

Femoral

In femoral canal	superficial epigastric superficial circumflex iliac superficial external pudendal deep external pudendal (anterior scrotal ♂

Descending genicular	saphenous branch articular branches

Profunda femoris	medial circumflex femoral (ascending, superficial, deep, acetabular) lateral circumflex femoral (descending, transverse, ascending) perforating

Popliteal

Genicular	superior genicular (medial, lateral) middle genicular inferior genicular (medial, lateral)

Sural	no major branches

Anterior tibial	tibial recurrent posterior anterior) anterior malleolar medial lateral dorsalis pedis: tarsal (medial, lateral)

Tibial-fibular (Tibial-peroneal) trunk	Posterior tibial circumflex fibular medial plantar lateral plantar fibular (peroneal)

Arches	arcuate dorsal metatarsal first dorsal metatarsal deep plantar dorsal digital arteries plantar arch plantar metatarsal common plantar digital proper plantar digital

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