Arcuate artery of the foot

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The arcuate artery of the foot (metatarsal artery) arises a little anterior to the lateral tarsal artery; it passes lateralward, over the bases of the metatarsal bones, beneath the tendons of the Extensor digitorum brevis, its direction being influenced by its point of origin; and its anastomoses with the lateral tarsal and lateral plantar arteries.

This vessel gives off the second, third, and fourth dorsal metatarsal arteries.