Plantar digital veins
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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
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Digit (anatomy)
A digit is one of several most distal parts of a limb, such as fingers or toes, present in many vertebrates.- Names:Some languages have different names for hand and foot digits ....
, and, after sending intercapitular veins to join the dorsal digital veins
Dorsal digital veins
Dorsal digital veins may refer to:* dorsal digital veins of the hand* dorsal digital veins of the foot...
, unite to form four metatarsal veins
Plantar metatarsal veins
The plantar metatarsal veins run backward in the metatarsal spaces and communicate, by means of perforating veins, with the veins on the dorsum of the foot, and unite to form the deep plantar venous arch which lies alongside the plantar arterial arch....
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