Chapter 24 - Venous anatomy Flashcards
Correct name for the Vein of Giacomini
Posterior thigh circumflex vein
Intersaphenous veins location
Connect SSV and GSV in the calf or thigh
Communicating veins
Vessels that connect veins within the same system (deep to deep, superficial to superficial)
Typical diameter of normal and competent communicating vein
< 2 mm
Confluence of SFJ veins
1) Common femoral
2) great saphenous
3) anterior accessory
4) superficial epigastric
5) superior external pudendal
6) posterior accessory
Major branches of the GSV
1) Posterior accessory GSV
2) posteromedial vein
4) anterolateral vein
Valves per perforator
0-3
Number of perforators per leg
80-140
Perforators of the lower leg
1) Perforator of femoral canal (Hunter’s, Dodd’s)
2) Paratibial perforator (Boyd’s)
3) Paratibial perforator (24 cm perforator)
4) PT perforator upper, middle, lower (Cockett III, II, I)
Posterior accessory GSV contributor and name
PT perforator upper, middle and lower
Used to be called posterior arch vein
Important in venous ulcerations
Course of LE vein from foot
1) Deep digital veins
2) metatarsal veins
3) deep venous arches
4) peroneal, PT, AT veins
5) popliteal vein
6) femoral vein
7) CFV
8) EIV
9) CIV
10) IVC
Course of UE vein from hand
1) Deep digital veins
2) palmar arches
3) radial + ulnar
4) brachial
5) axillary vein
6) subclavian vein
7) brachiocephalic vein
8) SVC
Hepatopetal
Blood into liver
Hepatofugal
Blood away from liver
Contribution of blood from portal vein
80%
