- veins of Sappey
- venae para-umbilicales.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
veins of Sappey
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Sappey fibers ligament veins — Sap·pey fibers, ligament, veins (sah paґ) [Marie Philibert Constant Sappey, French anatomist, 1810–1896] see under fiber and ligament, and see venae paraumbilicales … Medical dictionary
Sappey — Marie P.C., French anatomist, 1810–1896. See S. fibers, under fiber, S. plexus, S. veins, under vein … Medical dictionary
Marie Philibert Constant Sappey — Constant Sappey (1810 1896) Marie Philibert Constant Sappey (1810 – March 15, 1896) was a French anatomist born in Cernon, near the city of Bourg en Bresse. He studied medicine at the University of Paris, earning his degree in 1843. Later he… … Wikipedia
venae paraumbilicales — [TA] paraumbilical veins: veins that communicate with the portal vein and anastomose with the superior and inferior epigastric and the superior vesical veins in the region of the umbilicus. They form a part of the collateral circulation of the… … Medical dictionary
Vein — A blood vessel that carries blood low in oxygen content from the body back to the heart. The deoxygenated form of hemoglobin (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood makes it appear dark. Veins are part of the afferent wing of the circulatory system… … Medical dictionary
plexus — A network or interjoining of nerves and blood vessel s or of lymphatic vessels. [L. a braid] abdominal aortic (nervous) p. [TA] an autonomic p. surrounding the abdominal aorta, directly continuous with the thoracic aortic p. superiorly and … Medical dictionary
