Plantar digital veins

Plantar digital veins
Details
Drains to	plantar metatarsal veins
Identifiers
Latin	venae digitales plantares
TA	A12.3.11.018
FMA	70919
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The plantar digital veins arise from plexuses on the plantar surfaces of the digits, and, after sending intercapitular veins to join the dorsal digital veins, unite to form four metatarsal veins.

References

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

Veins of the human leg

thigh	femoral deep vein of the thigh popliteal

deep leg	fibular anterior tibial posterior tibial

superficial leg	small saphenous great saphenous external pudendal superficial of penis/clitoris

foot	dorsal arch dorsal metatarsal dorsal digital plantar arch plantar metatarsal common digital plantar digital

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