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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]
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 ...
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
Better gonadal vein. Deleted erroneous label to external pudendal vein. Deleted inferior thyroid vein (Since there are many other veins on the anterior face of the neck of equal importance). Redraw last intercostal veins. Add temporal vein (not labelled). Correct position of superior and inferior epigastric veins.
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.
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 ...
Pages in category "Veins of the lower limb" ... Deep femoral vein; Dorsal digital veins of the foot; Dorsal metatarsal veins; Dorsal venous arch of the foot; E.
Middle rectal veins; Internal pudendal vein. Deep veins of clitoris; Deep veins of penis; Inferior rectal veins; Posterior labial veins; Posterior scrotal veins; External iliac vein. Inferior epigastric vein; Deep circumflex iliac vein; Veins of lower limb Superficial veins of lower limb Great saphenous vein. External pudendal veins; Small ...