Posterior_tibial_veins

Posterior tibial vein

Posterior tibial vein

Vein of the leg that drains the posterior compartment of the leg and the plantar surface of the foot

The posterior tibial veins are veins of the leg in humans. They drain the posterior compartment of the leg and the plantar surface of the foot to the popliteal vein.

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Structure

The posterior tibial veins receive blood from the medial and lateral plantar veins.[1] They drain the posterior compartment of the leg and the plantar surface of the foot to the popliteal vein, which it forms when it joins with the anterior tibial vein.[1]

The posterior tibial vein is accompanied by an homonym artery, the posterior tibial artery, along its course.[2] It lies posterior to the medial malleolus in the ankle.[2]

They receive the most important perforator veins: the Cockett perforators, superior, medial and inferior.[3]

Additional images

  • Cross-section through middle of leg.

References

  1. [1]
    Alcamo (2003). Anatomy Coloring Workbook. New York: Random House Inc. p. 196. ISBN 978-0375763427.
  2. [2]
    Goldman, Mitchel P.; Guex, Jean-Jérôme (2017-01-01), Goldman, Mitchel P.; Weiss, Robert A. (eds.), "5 - Noninvasive Examination of the Patient Before Sclerotherapy", Sclerotherapy (Sixth Edition), Elsevier, pp. 100–136, doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-37726-3.00005-8, ISBN 978-0-323-37726-3, retrieved 2021-03-03
  3. [3]
    Cavezzi, A.; Labropoulos, N.; Partsch, H.; Ricci, S.; Caggiati, A.; Myers, K.; Nicolaides, A.; Smith, P.C. (2006). "Duplex Ultrasound Investigation of the Veins in Chronic Venous Disease of the Lower Limbs—UIP Consensus Document. Part II. Anatomy". European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery. 31 (3): 288–99. doi:10.1016/j.ejvs.2005.07.020. PMID 16230038.


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