Horie M, Murakami T, Kikuta A
Department of Anatomy, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
Acta Med Okayama. 1988 Apr;42(2):97-103. doi: 10.18926/AMO/31009.
The plantar metatarsal arteries of some mammals were studied. In the dog, raccoon dog and cat, the second proximal perforating branch was fully developed and produced the plantar metatarsal arteries. These plantar metatarsal arteries ran on the plantar surfaces of the interosseous muscles along the metatarsal bones or intermetatarsal spaces, and gave rise to the digital arteries of the second to fifth toes. In the rabbit, a branch of the medial plantar artery ran transversely on the plantar surfaces of the metatarsal bones at a level distal to the bases of these bones, and produced the plantar metatarsal arteries. These plantar metatarsal arteries ran deep in the interosseous muscles along the metatarsal bones or intermetatarsal spaces, and joined with the digital arteries which were derived from the medial plantar artery. The plantar metatarsal arteries could be classified into four kinds of arteries (sM, sI, dM and dI) in relation to the interosseous muscles and metatarsal bones. This classification largely coincides with that of the human hand and foot (Murakami, 1969, 1971), the monkey hand and foot (Nakai et al., 1987; Hinenoya et al., 1987), and the forepaws of some animals, including the dog and cat (Murakami et al., 1987).
对一些哺乳动物的足底跖动脉进行了研究。在狗、貉和猫中，第二近端穿支发育完全并形成足底跖动脉。这些足底跖动脉沿跖骨或跖间隙在骨间肌的足底表面走行，并发出第二至第五趾的趾动脉。在兔中，足底内侧动脉的一个分支在跖骨基部远端水平沿跖骨的足底表面横向走行，并形成足底跖动脉。这些足底跖动脉沿跖骨或跖间隙在骨间肌深部走行，并与源自足底内侧动脉的趾动脉汇合。足底跖动脉根据与骨间肌和跖骨的关系可分为四种动脉（sM、sI、dM和dI）。这种分类在很大程度上与人类的手和足（村上，1969年、1971年）、猴的手和足（中井等人，1987年；日野谷等人，1987年）以及包括狗和猫在内的一些动物的前足（村上等人，1987年）的分类一致。
