anterior tibial vein

A vein of the lower limb that carries blood from the anterior compartment of the leg to the popliteal vein which is forms when it joins with the posterior tibial vein. Like most deep veins, the anterior tibial vein is accompanied by an artery of the same name, the anterior tibial artery, along its course. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the anterior tibial vein is

A vein of the lower limb that carries blood from the anterior compartment of the leg to the popliteal vein which is forms when it joins with the posterior tibial vein. Like most deep veins, the anterior tibial vein is accompanied by an artery of the same name, the anterior tibial artery, along its course. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a vein at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the anterior tibial vein is

It sits in the lower limb, within the cardiovascular system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the anterior tibial vein connects to

The atlas records 10 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of hindlimb, leg and limb, and 2 more.

Supply and innervation

Venous drainage: femoral vein and popliteal vein.

Also called

Also recorded as venae tibiales anteriores. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001545, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

• Part of: hindlimb, leg, limb, organism subdivision and vasculature.
• A kind of: blood vessel and vein.
• Connected to: dorsal venous arch.
• drains to: femoral vein and popliteal vein.

Questions

Where is the anterior tibial vein?

It sits in the lower limb, within the cardiovascular system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What does the anterior tibial vein connect to?

Part of: hindlimb, leg, limb, organism subdivision and vasculature.

Is the anterior tibial vein the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.