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Popliteal vein

Vein: Popliteal vein

Lymph glands of popliteal fossa.
Latin	vena poplitea
Gray's	subject #173 672
Source	anterior tibial, posterior tibial, small saphenous
Drains to	femoral vein
Artery	popliteal artery
MeSH	Popliteal+Vein
Dorlands/Elsevier	v_05/12851366

The popliteal vein course runs along side the popliteal artery but carries the blood from the knee joint and muscles in the thigh and calf back to the heart.

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

It drains the peroneal vein before reaching the knee joint and turns into the femoral vein when leaving the adductor canal (also known as Hunter's canal).

The popliteal artery extends from the femoral artery behind the popliteal fossa which is the space behind the knee.

Additional images

v • d • e Veins of lower limbs
thigh	femoral • profunda femoris • popliteal
deep leg	fibular • anterior tibial • posterior tibial
superficial leg	small saphenous • great saphenous (external pudendal, superficial of penis ♂/clitoris ♀)
foot	dorsal arch • dorsal metatarsal • dorsal digital • plantar arch • plantar metatarsal • common digital • plantar digital