posterior tibial vein

In anatomy, there are two posterior tibial veins of the lower limb.

It is accompanied by a deep vein, the posterior tibial vein, along its course.

They drain into the posterior tibial veins, which will in turn drain into the popliteal vein.

Its origin is defined by the junction of the posterior tibial vein and anterior tibial vein.

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

Bancroft's sign, also known as Moses' sign, is a clinical sign found in patients with deep vein thrombosis of the lower leg involving the posterior tibial veins.

The two anterior tibial veins ascend in the interosseous membrane between the tibia and fibula and unite with the posterior tibial veins to form the popliteal vein.

The anatomical basis of Achilles' death is more likely to have been injury to his posterior tibial artery behind the medial malleolus, in between the tendons of the flexor digitorum longus and the posterior tibial vein.

From the deep plantar venous arch the medial and lateral plantar veins run backward close to the corresponding arteries and, after communicating with the great and small saphenous veins, unite behind the medial malleolus to form the posterior tibial veins.

On the other side of the fascia are the tibialis posterior muscle, the flexor digitorum longus muscle, and the flexor hallucis longus muscle, along with the posterior tibial artery and posterior tibial vein and the tibial nerve.