Definition of Metatarsal vein

1. Noun. Dorsal and plantar branches of veins serving the metatarsal region of the foot.

Exact synonyms: Vena Metatarsus
Generic synonyms: Vein, Vena, Venous Blood Vessel
Group relationships: Foot, Human Foot, Pes

Lexicographical Neighbors of Metatarsal Vein

metasyntax
metasyphilitic
metasystem
metasystems
metatable
metatables
metatag
metatags
metatarsal
metatarsal arch
metatarsal artery
metatarsal bone
metatarsal bones
metatarsal reflex
metatarsal vein (current term)
metatarsalgia
metatarsals
metatarse
metatarsectomy
metatarses
metatarsi
metatarsophalangeal
metatarsophalangeal articulations
metatarsophalangeal joint
metatarsophalangeal joints
metatarsus
metatarsus adductovarus
metatarsus atavicus

Literary usage of Metatarsal vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"A. INTERNAL metatarsal vein (Fig. 278, 9).—This vessel, the most considerable of the throe, appears more particularly to continue the digital ..."

2. The Advocate of Veterinary Reform and Outlines of Anatomy and Physiology of by George H. Dadd (1850)
"The large metatarsal vein ascends the canon by the side of the flexor tendons, ... The posterior tibial vein is a continuation of the small metatarsal vein, ..."

3. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1883)
"The two muscular tracings are represented in dark outline ; the deep metatarsal vein is seen upon the deep aspect of the ligament, m, Rudimentary second ..."

4. Textbook of human physiology by Leonard Landois, William Stirling (1889)
"Long vascular channels (eg, from the metatarsal vein of one foot to the other foot) require a longer time than short channels (as between the jugulars). ..."

5. Biochemic Drug Assay Methods: With Special Reference to the Pharmacodynamic by Paul Stewart Pittenger (1914)
"... location the hair is clipped or shaven from over the internal metatarsal vein; the needle is then inserted, the ligature removed and the drug injected. ..."

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