small saphenous vein

The small saphenous vein (also lesser saphenous vein), is a relatively large vein of the superficial posterior leg. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the small saphenous vein is

The small saphenous vein (also lesser saphenous vein), is a relatively large vein of the superficial posterior leg. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a vein at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the small saphenous 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 small saphenous vein connects to

The atlas records 11 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of hindlimb, hindlimb zeugopod and leg, and 3 more.

Supply and innervation

Venous drainage: popliteal vein and lateral marginal vein.

Also called

Also recorded as lesser saphenous vein, short saphenous vein and vena saphena parva. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001547, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

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

Questions

Where is the small saphenous vein?

What does the small saphenous vein connect to?

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

Is the small saphenous 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.