Dorsal digital veins of the foot

Dorsal digital veins of the foot

Details
Drains to	dorsal metatarsal veins
Identifiers
Latin	venae digitales dorsales pedis
TA	A12.3.11.014
FMA	70917
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

On the dorsum of the foot the dorsal digital veins receive, in the clefts between the toes, the intercapitular veins from the plantar venous arch and join to form short common digital veins.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Veins of the human leg

thigh	femoral deep vein of the thigh popliteal

deep leg	fibular anterior tibial posterior tibial

superficial leg	small saphenous great saphenous external pudendal superficial of penis/clitoris

foot	dorsal arch dorsal metatarsal dorsal digital plantar arch plantar metatarsal common digital plantar digital

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