Tributary of plantar venous arch
Radix arcus venosi plantaris · Přítok chodidlového žilního oblouku
Veins
Looks like
A small vein feeding into the deep plantar venous arch of the sole.
What it does
Brings blood from the toes and sole into the 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