femoral vein
femoral vein · femoral veins
The vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheathThe vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheath.
Meaning
1 sensesThe vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheath.
a vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath; a continuation of the popliteal vein; becomes the external iliac vein
Forms
plural: femoral veins| Singular | femoral vein |
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath; a continuation of the popliteal vein; becomes the external iliac vein:vena femoralis
See also
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