saphenous vein
Long leg vessel
The saphenous veins are the two major superficial veins running the length of the leg.
The great saphenous vein, the longest in the body, travels from the foot up the inner leg to the groin.
The small saphenous vein runs along the back of the calf.
These veins are commonly harvested for coronary bypass surgery and are frequent sites of varicose veins.
- legAmbulatory limb
- venousOf certain blood vessels
- blood vesselTube conveying circulation
- blood flowMovement through vessels
- veinVessel toward heart
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- Circulatory Systemheart rate, blood, artery, veins, capillary
- blood vesselsarteries, artery, vein, veins, capillaries
- lower legankle, calf, shin, tibia, fibula
- veinsvein, jugular vein, portal vein, pulmonary vein, vena cava
- leg veinsdeep vein
- Leg Vesselsfemoral artery
vessel type
saphenous veinartery
Oxygen-rich blood conduit
femoral artery · aorta · pulmonary artery · arteriole · carotid artery