Anatom3DPlantar metatarsal vein
Venae metatarsales plantares · Chodidlové nártní žíly
Veins
Looks like
Small deep veins in the sole running between the long foot bones.
What it does
Drain the sole into the deep plantar venous arch.
Keeping it well
Rarely clinically important.
Related conditions
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clotting disorders (thrombophilia & APS)
- Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Flat feet (pes planus)
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Hammer toe and claw toe
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Morton's neuroma
- Restless legs syndrome
- Varicose veins
- Venomous snakebite