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It drains blood from the deep thigh muscles and thigh bone. [2] Proximal to the confluence with the deep femoral vein, and the joining of the great saphenous vein, the femoral vein is widely known as the common femoral vein. [3] As the common femoral vein leaves the inguinal ligament region it becomes the external iliac vein. [4]
Particular veins of the deep venous system (DVS), and the superficial venous system (SVS) are looked at. The great saphenous vein (GSV), and the small saphenous vein (SSV) are superficial veins which drain into respectively, the common femoral vein and the popliteal vein. These veins are deep veins.
Diagram showing named veins. Perforator veins exist along the length of the lower limb, in greater number in the leg (anatomical ref to below knee) than in the thigh. Some veins are named after the physician who first described them: Dodd's perforator at the inferior 1/3 of the thigh; Boyd's perforator at the knee level
Blood vessel Deep femoral vein Veins of the leg, with deep femoral vein near top. Cross-section through the middle of the thigh. (Deep femoral artery and vein labeled at center top.) Details Drains to Femoral vein Artery Profunda femoris artery Identifiers Latin vena profunda femoris TA98 A12.3.11.024 TA2 5070 FMA 51041 Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] The deep femoral vein, deep vein ...
The peripheral vascular system is the part of the circulatory system that consists of the veins and arteries not in the chest or abdomen (i.e. in the arms, hands, legs and feet). [1] [2] The peripheral arteries supply oxygenated blood to the body, and the peripheral veins lead deoxygenated blood from the capillaries in the extremities back to ...
Outline of human anatomy; Cell types. by origin; A list of veins in the human body: ... Deep circumflex iliac vein; Veins of lower limb Superficial veins of lower limb
A deep vein is a vein that is deep in the body. This contrasts with superficial veins that are close to the body's surface. Deep veins are almost always beside an artery with the same name (e.g. the femoral vein is beside the femoral artery). Collectively, they carry the vast majority of the blood.
Vena comitans (Latin for accompanying vein, also known as a satellite vein) [1] refers to a vein that is usually paired, with both veins lying on the sides of an artery. Because they are generally found in pairs, they are often referred to by their plural form: venae comitantes .