Deep plantar artery

Looks like

A branch of the dorsalis pedis artery that dives down through the gap between the first and second foot bones into the sole.

What it does

Joins the lateral plantar artery to complete the deep plantar arch.

Keeping it well

The link between the top and sole circulations; surgeons use it in bypass surgery to the foot.

Related conditions

• Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
• Flat feet (pes planus)
• Ganglion cyst
• Gout
• Hammer toe and claw toe
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
• Lymphoedema
• Metabolic syndrome
• Morton's neuroma
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Restless legs syndrome
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Varicose veins
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)
• Venomous snakebite