The microanatomical study of the plantar artery arch artery and the tip arch artery of the second toe&nbsp;&nbsp;

TANG Lin-feng; JU Ji-hui; LIU Yue-fei; ZHOU Rong; HU Chang-qing; YANG Kai-hang; GUO Quan-wei; HOU Rui-xing

doi:10.13418/j.issn.1001-165x.2017.04.004

Chinese Journal of Clinical Anatomy ›› 2017, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (4) : 376-379. DOI: 10.13418/j.issn.1001-165x.2017.04.004

The microanatomical study of the plantar artery arch artery and the tip arch artery of the second toe

TANG Lin-feng, JU Ji-hui, LIU Yue-fei, ZHOU Rong, HU Chang-qing, YANG Kai-hang, GUO Quan-wei, HOU Rui-xing

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Objective To investigate blood supply features of the plantar digital artery toetip arch and arch branch artery. Methods 8 fresh adult foot specimens were selected and the red latex was perfused from the dorsal artery, then the second toe plantar arteries were dissected to observe the occurrence rate of the plantar artery arch, location and vascular caliber, the origin of the the plantar artery arch artery, direction of travel, number of branches and vessel diameter. Results The intact plantar toetip arches were roughly constant. The overall average external diameter for this structure in the second toe was 0.64 mm, ranging from 0.5 mm to 0.8 mm, the overall average distance from the distal toetip skin to the plantar arch was 11.1mm, ranging from 9.5 mm to 13.0 mm. Dissection showed that all plantar arches had five main arch branches. In order to facilitate description,we named the five main arch branches as the first,second,third,fourth and fifth arch branch from tibial side to fibular side of the second toe. Conclusion The location and number of the plantar digital artery toetip arch artery was relatively constant, suggesting we could use the mini-axial flap pedicled with the toetip arch artery for aesthetic refinements in reconstructed fingers.

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The plantar digital artery; / Anatomical study; / The second toe; / The toetip arch / Arch artery

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TANG Lin-feng, JU Ji-hui, LIU Yue-fei, ZHOU Rong, HU Chang-qing, YANG Kai-hang, GUO Quan-wei, HOU Rui-xing. The microanatomical study of the plantar artery arch artery and the tip arch artery of the second toe [J]. Chinese Journal of Clinical Anatomy. 2017, 35(4): 376-379 https://doi.org/10.13418/j.issn.1001-165x.2017.04.004

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