Category: V

Surgical removal of a vein after ligation of varicose veins.  

Injection of a hypertonic solution, causing the vein to harden and eventually atrophy.  

Muscle of the anterior thigh situated on the interior aspect of the femoral shaft that extends the lower leg. A muscle of the anterior thigh (the medial component of the quadriceps femoris) originating on the linea aspera and intertrochanteric line of the femur and inserted in the tibial tuberosity via the patellar ligament. It extends…

Largest muscle of the anterior lateral aspect of the femoral shaft that extends the lower leg; often used for injection site. A muscle of the anterior thigh (the lateral component of the quadriceps femoris) originating on the linea aspera and the greater trochanter of the femur and inserted in the tibial tuberosity via the patellar…

Muscle of the anterior thigh covering the femoral shaft, situated between the vastus lateralis and vastus medialis; it functions to extends the lower leg. A muscle of the anterior thigh (the central component of the quadriceps femoris) originating on the anterior and lateral shaft of the femur and inserted in the tibial tuberosity via the…

Intravascular insertion of a tubular meshwork to keep an artery open.  

Pooling of blood in the periphery.  

Turbulent blood flow due to incomplete closure of heart.  

Sac-shaped outward bulge on an artery.  

Capillary network of a nephron in the kidney. Tubules that become straight before entering the mediastinum testis.