Chapters: Great Saphenous Vein, Femoral Vein, Superficial Dorsal Vein of the Penis, Small Saphenous Vein, Popliteal Vein, Posterior Tibial Vein, Anterior Tibial Vein, Fibular Veins, Plantar Venous Arch, Dorsal Venous Arch of the Foot, Profunda Femoris Vein, Plantar Metatarsal Veins, External Pudendal Vein, Common Digital Veins, Superficial Dorsal Veins of Clitoris, Plantar Digital Veins, Dorsal Digital Veins of the Foot, Dorsal Metatarsal Veins. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 48. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The great saphenous vein (GSV), also greater saphenous vein, is the large (subcutaneous) superficial vein of the leg and thigh. The terms "safaina" (Greek, meaning "manifest," "to be clearly seen") and "el safin" (Arabic, meaning "wanderer") have both been claimed as the origin for the word "saphenous." The GSV originates from where the dorsal vein of the first digit (the large toe) merges with the dorsal venous arch of the foot. After passing anterior to the medial malleolus (where it often can be visualized and palpated), it runs up the medial side of the leg. At the knee, it runs over the posterior border of the medial epicondyle of the femur bone. The great saphenous vein then courses laterally to lie on the anterior surface of the thigh before entering an opening in the fascia lata called the saphenous opening. It joins with the femoral vein in the region of the femoral triangle at the saphenofemoral junction. At the ankle it receives branches from the sole of the foot through the medial marginal vein; in the lower leg it anastomoses freely with the small saphenous vein, communicates with the anterior and posterior tibial veins and receives many cutaneous veins; in the thigh it communicates with the femoral vein and receives numerous tributaries; those from the media...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=23968