Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Arteries: Lower Limb: Dorsalis Pedis Artery and Plantar Arch

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Arteries: Lower Limb

Dorsalis Pedis Artery and Plantar Artery

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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The arch may be doubled or absent, in which case the plantar foot is supplied by a single vessel, the posterior tibial.

See illustrations of arterial variations in the foot.

There is obviously much variability in the dorsalis pedis artery and it is difficult to provide well-defined patterns for this artery. However, Dubreuil-Chambardel (see image 267, below. Series A) reported the following frequencies for each of his seven types: A. I - 18/165; A. II - 56/165; A. III + A. IV- 2/165; A. V- 2/165 ; A. VI - 14/165; A. VII - 46/165; A. VIII - 2/165.

Image 265A, Image 265B, Image 265C, Image 265D, Image 265E, Image 265F, Image 265G, Image 267

Deep Plantar

Image 47, Image 263

Lateral and Medial Plantar:

See Image 47, See Image 263, Image 265H

Superficial Plantar

See Image 47

References

Chevrier, -. (1904) Sur une anastomose non décrite et constante, des artères du pied. Bull. et Mém. de la Soc. Anatomique de Paris 6:811-814.

Corsy, F. (1913) Contribution a l'etude de la circulation artérielle du pied chez le nouveau- né. Bibliographie Anatomique 23:54-65.

Dubreuil-Chambardel, L. (1925) Traite des Variations du Systeme Arterial. Masson et Cie, Editeurs, Paris.

Dubreuil- Chambardel, L. in Laterjet, A. et L. Testut. (1929) Traite d'Anatomie Humaine, 8th ed. G. Doin & Cie., Paris.

Huber, J.F.(1941) The arterial network supplying the dorsum of the foot. Anat.Rec. 80:373-391.

Manno, A. (1905) Arteriae plantares pedis mammalium. Internationale Monatsschrift für Anatomie und Physiology. 22:293-357.

Meyer, H. in Kopsch, F. (1908) Rauber's Lehrbuch und Atlas der Anatomie des Menschen. Georg Thieme, Leipzig.

Salvi, G. (1900) Arteria Dorsalis Pedis. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Residente in Pisa. Memoire 17:13-52

Verbizier, -. et -. Baudet. (1906) Anomalies artèrielles. Anomalie de la pédieuse. Toulouse Médical 8:6-7.

Viannay, -. (1902) Note sur l'anatomie de l'artère pédieuse et sur la ligature de ce vaisseau. Lyon Méd. 98:84-89.

See also references cited for Peroneal Artery.

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