The dorsalis pedis artery carries oxygenated blood to the skin, muscles, bones, and joints of the top of the foot. Two muscles—the extensor hallucis and the extensor digitorum brevis —receive ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Steinhoff, MD The anterior tibial artery is located in the lower leg, ... it becomes the dorsalis pedis artery and supplies blood to the top of the foot.

Angle the probe in line with the artery and move it side to side until the strongest pulse is heard. Note that in a small number of patients, the dorsalis pedis pulse is absent.

The anterior tibial artery travels to the dorsum of the foot, where it can be palpated as the dorsalis pedis pulse. The tibioperoneal trunk divides into the posterior tibial artery and the ...

Here, the superficial femoral artery becomes occluded at the adductor hiatus. Diabetics tend to have femoral-tibial occlusions, ... Dorsalis Pedis and Posterior Tibial Arteries.

Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — A Study of the Dorsalis Pedis and Posterior Tibial Pulses in One Thousand Individuals without Symptoms of Circulatory Affections of ...