Bassett Collection Large Image - Lane Medical Library, Stanford University Medical Center

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Dissection of posterior aspect of left leg

Superficial nerves and blood vessels of leg, posterior view

1 .	Perforating vein (connecting with veins in gastrocnemius muscle)
2 .	Lateral cutaneous sural nerve
3 .	Crural fascia
4 .	Lesser saphenous vein
5 .	Tela subcutanea
6 .	Cutaneous branch of posterior tibial artery
7 .	Branch of medial sural cutaneous nerve
8 .	Communication between large and small saphenous veins
9 .	Sural nerve
10 .	Tendo calcaneus (covered by fascia)