saphena


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saphena

(səˈfiːnə)
n, pl -nae (-niː)
(Anatomy) anatomy either of two large superficial veins of the legs
[C14: via Medieval Latin from Arabic sāfīn]
saˈphenous adj
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Then, the popliteal artery was clamped and a vena saphena magna graft was used.
The flap is drained by two vena comitantes of the source vessel, but inclusion of a superficial vein or vena saphena parva can be utilized to augment drainage.
saphena magna, and the aorta taken at the occasion of cardiac surgery [47].
Al Haj Zen et al., "Human adult vena saphena contains perivascular progenitor cells endowed with clonogenic and proangiogenic potential," Circulation, vol.
To measure the fluxes in biomarker production in the acute Charcot foot, blood was sampled from the vena saphena magna on the distal part of the crus above the ankle.
Key players in this market include Maquet Holding B.V/CoKG, Cardio Medical GmbH, Terumo Cardiovascular Group, Med Europe S.r.l(Elite Life Care), LivaNova plc(Sorin and Cyberonics) and Saphena Medical, Inc.
Variations of the tributaries of the saphena magna at the sapheno-femoral junction: abstract of demonstration.
observed that the femoral nerve spread through the psoas major (100%), iliac (100%), pectinal (56.7%), and femoral quadriceps (100%) muscles, and emitted the saphena nerve, which gave branches to the pectinal (43.3%) and sartorius (100%) muscles and continued distally along the saphena artery and vein to divide into the medial face skin of the knee and leg of both antimeres.
The presence of prominent varicosities over the saphenofemoral junction (saphena varix') is an uncommon condition that must be distinguished from a groin hernia.