The arcuate artery of the foot (metatarsal artery) arises from dorsalis pedis slightly anterior to the lateral tarsal artery, specifically over the naviculocuneiform joint; it passes lateralward, over the bases of the lateral four metatarsal bones, beneath the tendons of the extensor digitorum brevis, its direction being influenced by its point of origin; and it terminates in the lateral tarsal artery.

It runs with the lateral terminal branch of deep fibular nerve.

This vessel gives off the second, third, and fourth dorsal metatarsal arteries.

[1] This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 637 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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