Week 9 - Lesson 1 (Part 3)

Question 1

What is the femoral vein a continuation of?

Answer 1

The popliteal vein

Question 2

Where does the femoral vein course?

Answer 2

Along the medial aspect of thigh until it reaches the level of the inguinal canal

Question 3

How many valves does the femoral vein contain?

Answer 3

3-6

Question 4

What occasionally happens to the femoral vein?

Answer 4

It gets duplicated

Question 5

What makes up the common femoral vein?

Answer 5

1. Deep femoral vein

2. Femoral vein

Question 6

Where does the common femoral vein lay compared to its matching artery?

Answer 6

More medial within the Scarpa’s triangle

Question 7

Is the common femoral vein considered a longer or shorter vessel?

Answer 7

Shorter

Question 8

How many valves does the common femoral vein have?

Answer 8

3-5

Question 9

What happens at the level of the groin crease?

Answer 9

The superficial-great saphenous vein dumps into it

- anteromedially

Question 10

Where is the Scarpas triangle?

Answer 10

Upper 2/3rds of the thigh

• proximal
• medial

Question 11

What is the external iliac vein a continuation of?

Answer 11

The common femoral vein

Question 12

How many valves does the external iliac vein have?

Answer 12

1

Question 13

What is a major tributary draining the pelvic viscera?

Answer 13

The internal iliac vein

Question 14

What does the internal iliac vein converge with to form the IVC?

Answer 14

With the contralateral common iliac vein

- right and left iliac veins

Question 15

What are the superficial veins of the lower extremities? (2)

Answer 15

1. Greater saphenous vein

2. Lesser saphenous vein

Question 16

What is the longest vein?

Answer 16

The great saphenous vein

Question 17

Where does the great saphenous vein extend from?

Answer 17

The anterior aspect of the medial malleolus upwards to the groin crease

Question 18

Where does the great saphenous vein dump into?

Answer 18

The common femoral vein

- anteromedially

Question 19

What does the great saphenous vein drain?

Answer 19

Drains blood from the superficial tissues (skin and fat) into the deep system

Question 20

What is another term for the great saphenous vein? (2)

Answer 20

1. Greater saphenous vein

2. Long saphenous vein

Question 21

Where does the small saphenous vein extend from and run?

Answer 21

1. The posterior aspect of the lateral malleolus

2. Runs up the center of the calf

Question 22

Where does the small saphenous vein dump?

Answer 22

Into the popliteal vein at the popliteal fossa crease level

Question 23

What happens occasionally to the small saphenous vein?

Answer 23

The SSV is connected to the popliteal vein by a trunk and continues high into the thigh

Question 24

What does the SSV drain?

Answer 24

Superficial tissues

Question 25

What happens when the SSV does not dump into the popliteal vein? (2)

Answer 25

1. It may continue up the posterior part of the leg and dump into GSV
   - medial thigh
   - wraps around
2. The SSV may continue up the thigh into the deep system at the femoral vein

Question 26

What system has the greatest pressure?

Answer 26

In the superficial system

Question 27

How does blood flow through the systems?

Answer 27

From the superficial to deep system

- high pressure to low pressure

Question 28

Perforators

Answer 28

Are short vessels that connect the 2 systems and have valves conducting the flow

Question 29

What is a term for backwards flow?

Answer 29

Reflux

Question 30

What is reflux caused by?

Answer 30

Broken/damaged valves

- occurs anywhere you have a valve you can have insufficiency