Anatom3DSet of perforating veins
Venae perforantes · Perforující žíly
Veins
Looks like
Short veins that pierce the deep fascia to link the surface leg veins with the deep ones; their valves let blood flow inward.
What it does
Let blood from the skin veins move into the deep veins, where the calf pump drives it up.
Keeping it well
When their valves fail, pressure reaches the skin, causing swelling, brown staining and ulcers near the ankle.
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