Anatomy study note · Lower limb

Deep veins of the leg and foot

Paired venae comitantes accompany the anterior and posterior tibial and fibular arteries and join in the popliteal fossa to form the popliteal vein. In the sole, medial and lateral plantar veins form the posterior tibial venae comitantes.

Key points

• Venae comitantes of the tibial and fibular arteries.
• Calf muscle pump.
• DVT → pulmonary embolism.
• Vessels: mesodermal, from angioblastic tissue.
• Varicose veins: incompetent valves, usually leg.
• Vein: thin wall, adventitia thickest, valves.

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 11, PDF pp. 1294–1296, 1360, 1383
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 15, PDF p. 236
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 11, PDF pp. 203–205, 205

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• Extensor digitorum brevis
• Extensor digitorum longus
• Extensor hallucis longus
• Femoral artery
• Femoral nerve
• Femoral vein
• Femur
• Fibula
• Fibularis brevis
• Fibularis longus
• Fibularis tertius

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