- Varicose veins: superficial veins of the lower limb, most often the great saphenous vein (GSV), that become dilated and tortuous from valvular incompetence.
Veins of the Lower Limb
Veins of the lower limb
Type
Superficial
- Named veins
- GSV, small saphenous vein (SSV); both begin at the dorsal venous arch of the foot
- Termination
- GSV to femoral vein at the saphenofemoral junction; SSV to popliteal vein
Deep
- Named veins
- Venae comitantes of the tibial arteries, popliteal vein, femoral vein
- Termination
- Femoral vein, continuing as external iliac vein
Perforating
- Named veins
- Perforators, connecting superficial to deep veins
- Termination
- One-way, superficial to deep only