Anatomy study note · Lower limb

Small saphenous vein

The superficial vein of the back of the leg, from the lateral end of the dorsal venous arch to the popliteal vein.

Key points

• Behind the lateral malleolus with the sural nerve.
• Ends in the popliteal vein.
• Valved; communicates with the great saphenous.
• 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. 1348–1349
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 15, PDF p. 236
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 11, PDF pp. 203–205, 205

More from the lower limb

• Sole muscles: first layer
• Sole muscles: second layer
• Sole muscles: third layer
• Soleus
• Superficial fibular nerve
• Sural nerve
• Tarsal bones
• Tarsal joints and arches of the foot
• Tendo calcaneus
• Tensor fasciae latae
• Tibia
• Tibial nerve

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