Digital Artery

**Semantic type:** Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

**Definition:** A type of artery that supplies blood to the fingers and toes. In the hand, the digital arteries include the common palmar digital arteries that arise from the superficial palmar arch, the proper palmar digital arteries that are branches of the common palmar digital arteries and occasionally have dorsal branches distal to the proximal interphalangeal joints, and the dorsal digital arteries that are branches of the dorsal metacarpal arteries. In the foot, the digital arteries include the plantar digital arteries that arise from the plantar arch and the dorsal digital arteries that are branches of the dorsal metatarsal arteries.

**Synonyms:** - DIGITAL ARTERY