Lower limb
Middle genicular vein
Vena genus media
- Origin
- Formed from intra-articular venous channels draining the cruciate ligaments
- Insertion
- Exits posteriorly through the joint capsule to drain into the popliteal vein
- Function
- Provides venous drainage for the cruciate ligaments and intercondylar synovial tissue
- Innervation
- Sympathetic vasomotor fibers
- Movement & chain
- Courses deep through the intercondylar fossa
- Palpation
- Not palpable
- Clinical
- Venous drainage of the central cruciate pivot of the knee
- Segmental innervation
- Deep venous knee drainage
- In clinical practice
- Landmark in posterior arthroscopic portals and PCL reconstruction
- Region in the model
- Lower limb