part of part of connecting branch of vessel supplies blood to Homo sapiens anterior tibial artery dorsalis pedis artery http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Gray553.png EMAPA:37077 arteria dorsalis pedis Wikipedia:Dorsalis_pedis_artery UMLS:C0226492 FMA:43915 A blood vessel of the lower limb that carries oxygenated blood to the dorsal surface of the foot. It arises at the anterior aspect of the ankle joint and is a continuation of the anterior tibial artery. It terminates at the proximal part of the first intermetatarsal space, where it divides into two branches, the first dorsal metatarsal artery and the deep plantar artery. Along its course, it is accompanied by a deep vein, the dorsalis pedis vein. [WP,unvetted]. dorsal artery of foot arteria dorsalis pedis galen:DorsalisPedisArtery SCTID:181362007 NCIT:C32478 MA:0001942 UBERON:0001539 artery hindlimb pes hindlimb blood vessel