Anatomy study note · Lower limb

Dorsalis pedis artery

The continuation of the anterior tibial artery on the dorsum of the foot. Its pulse is easily felt.

Key points

• Continuation of the anterior tibial artery.
• Pulse lateral to EHL tendon.
• Deep plantar branch completes the plantar arch.
• Lower limb axis artery: 5th lumbar intersegmental.
• Femoral artery is a new vessel.
• Artery: intima / media (smooth muscle) / adventitia.
• Most named arteries are muscular; aorta is elastic.

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 11, PDF pp. 1353, 1386–1387
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 15, PDF p. 258
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 11, PDF pp. 197–199

More from the lower limb

• Extensor digitorum brevis
• Extensor digitorum longus
• Extensor hallucis longus
• Femoral artery
• Femoral nerve
• Femoral vein
• Femur
• Fibula
• Fibularis brevis
• Fibularis longus
• Fibularis tertius
• Flexor digitorum longus

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