The plantar metatarsal veins run backward in the metatarsal spaces, collect blood from digital veins and communicate, by means of perforating veins, with the veins on the dorsum of the foot, and unite to form the deep plantar venous arch which lies alongside the plantar arterial arch.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 671 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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