Posterior tibial vein

Posterior tibial vein
Veins of the leg, where the posterior tibial vein is the medial one of the "Tibial veins".
Details
Source	fibular veins
Drains to	popliteal vein
Artery	posterior tibial artery
Identifiers
Latin	venae tibiales posteriores
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12852077
TA	A12.3.11.032
FMA	70926
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

In anatomy, there are two posterior tibial veins of the lower limb. They receive blood from the medial and lateral plantar veins and 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]

Like most deep veins, posterior tibial veins are accompanied by an homonym artery, the posterior tibial artery, along its course.

They receive the most important perforator veins: the Cockett perforators, superior, medial and inferior.^[2]

Additional images

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  Cross-section through middle of leg.

References

1. Alcamo (2003). Anatomy Coloring Workbook. New York: Random House Inc. p. 196. ISBN 978-0375763427.
2. 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.