Peroneal Vein (Noun)
Meaning
Accompany the peroneal arteries; arising in the heel and running up the back of the leg to join the posterior tibial veins of the popliteal vein.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The peroneal veins, like the peroneal arteries, begin on the lateral side of the calcaneus and run up the lateral and posterior leg.
- They ascend between the peroneal muscles and the flexor hallucis longus.
- The peroneal veins follow the courses of the peroneal arteries and drain the structures supplied by these arteries.
- The peroneal muscles and the peroneal veins that run between them are generally located on the surface posterior to the fibula.
- These peroneal veins also anastomose with superficial veins in the area.