Skin of lower leg

Looks like

The skin of the shin and the calf, stretched thin over the shinbone in front.

What it does

Covers the calf muscles, which pump blood back up from the feet.

Keeping it well

Blood pools here: brown skin, swelling or a wound that will not heal above the ankle points to the veins and needs a doctor.

Related conditions

• Achilles tendon rupture
• Chronic venous insufficiency
• Compartment syndrome
• Growing pains
• Lymphangitis
• Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
• Lymphoedema
• Restless legs syndrome
• Superficial thrombophlebitis
• Varicose veins
• Venomous snakebite