Anatom3DFibular vein
Venae fibulares · Lýtkové žíly
Veins
Looks like
Paired deep veins running with the fibular artery near the fibula in the back of the leg.
What it does
Drain the outer deep calf muscles into the posterior tibial veins.
Keeping it well
Calf vein clots often start here or in the calf muscle veins; ultrasound finds them.
Related conditions
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans)
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Clotting disorders (thrombophilia & APS)
- Clubfoot (talipes equinovarus)
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Flat feet (pes planus)
- Ganglion cyst
- Gout
- Hammer toe and claw toe
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Morton's neuroma
- Restless legs syndrome
- Varicose veins
- Venomous snakebite