Module 7 Flashcards
Small blood vessels that comprise a vascular network supplying the walls of large blood vessels, such as elastic arteries and large veins
Vasa vasorum
A line drawn or visualized on the surface of the skin to represent the approximate location of some deeper-lying structure
Linear guide
A method of locating a structure, such as an artery or a vein, by reference to an adjacent known or prominent structure
Anatomical guide
The point of origin and point of termination of a structure in relation to adjacent structures
Anatomical limit
The inguinal ligament serves as the base for the triangle whose two sides consist of the medial border of the sartorius and the lateral border of the adductor longus muscles.; the roof consists of a dense sheet of fascia, the fascia lata, which attaches firmly to the inguinal ligament and encircles the thigh.
Femoral triangle
A narrow conical tunnel located in the thigh; located at the apex of the femoral triangle to the adductor hiatus of the adductor mangus
Adductor (Hunter’s) canal