Anatom3DLeft superficial medial plantar artery
Ramus superficialis arteriae plantaris medialis sinistrae · Levá povrchová vnitřní chodidlová tepna
Heart & arteries
Looks like
The superficial branch of the medial plantar artery, running just under the skin along the inner edge of the sole.
What it does
Supplies the skin of the inner sole and joins arteries of the big toe.
Keeping it well
Mainly relevant to plastic surgeons, who use it for small sole flaps.
Related conditions
- Achilles tendon rupture
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Compartment syndrome
- Growing pains
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hypothermia & frostbite
- Kawasaki disease
- Lymphangitis
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Metabolic syndrome
- Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
- Peripheral artery disease
- Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
- Pre-eclampsia
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Restless legs syndrome
- Sepsis
- Shock (circulatory failure)
- Superficial thrombophlebitis
- Varicose veins
- Vasculitis (GCA & others)
- Venomous snakebite