Anatomy Structure Among the body’s larger vessels, the diameter of the femoral vein in adults ranges from approximately 12 millimeters to 14 millimeters (mm), which is about half an inch.

But unless you’re a cardiologist, you probably couldn’t explain what the femoral artery does or where it’s located. No dig intended — with over 30 combined veins and arteries in the body ...

The purpose of the great vein is delivery of blood from the ankle, lower leg, and thigh to the femoral vein. Along its length are 10 to 20 one-way valves that keep the blood from flowing back ...

Abstract Published: April 1987 ANATOMY OF FEMORAL VESSELS IN INFANTS AND GUIDELINES FOR VENOUS CATHETERIZATION Robert K Kanter, Jan M Gorton, Kathy Palmieri, Joy M Tompkins, Frank Smith & Roger E ...

Prophylaxis and Medical Management of Venous Disease: Monitoring and Reversing NOACs Presenter: James B. Froehlich October 10, 2014 More slides + Presentation VEINS 2014 ...

Interv Cardiol. 2012;4(5):527-536. The venous anatomy of the lower leg is made up of two axial systems, a superficial and a deep venous system. The superficial system lies above the muscle fascia ...

One of the problems with the existing literature is that patients are not well stratified into different segments of the venous anatomy, thus those with a femoral popliteal DVT are placed in ...