Veins deep in the body; contrasted with superficial veins
Deep vein
The veins of the right axilla, viewed from in front.
Details
Identifiers
Latin
vena profunda
TA98
A12.0.00.035
TA2
3909
FMA
76718
Anatomical terminology
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A deep vein is a vein that is deep in the body. This contrasts with superficial veins that are close to the body's surface.
Deep veins are almost always beside an artery with the same name (e.g. the femoral vein is beside the femoral artery). Collectively, they carry the vast majority of the blood. Occlusion of a deep vein can be life-threatening and is most often caused by thrombosis. Occlusion of a deep vein by thrombosis is called deep vein thrombosis.
Because of their location deep within the body, operation on these veins can be difficult.
Deepvein thrombosis (DVT) is a type of venous thrombosis involving the formation of a blood clot in a deepvein, most commonly in the legs or pelvis....
A deepvein is a vein that is deep in the body. This contrasts with superficial veins that are close to the body's surface. Deepveins are almost always...
corresponding superficial external pudendal vein, a tributary of the great saphenous vein. The deep dorsal vein of the penis belongs to the intermediate...
heart, and veins return deoxygenated blood to the heart, in the deepveins. There are three sizes of veins: large, medium, and small. Smaller veins are called...
The deep femoral vein, deepvein of the thigh or profunda femoris vein is a large deepvein in the thigh. It collects blood from the inner thigh, passing...
leg and thigh to the deep femoral vein at the femoral triangle. The great saphenous vein originates from where the dorsal vein of the big toe (the hallux)...
then called thrombophlebitis or superficial thrombophlebitis. Unlike deepvein thrombosis, the probability that superficial thrombophlebitis will cause...
stripping of the great saphenous vein as assessed by control of limb, edema, pain, complications and return to work. Deepvein thrombosis occurs when blood...
Varicose veins, also known as varicoses, are a medical condition in which superficial veins become enlarged and twisted. These veins typically develop...
the human body, the femoral vein is the vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the femoral sheath. It is a deepvein that begins at the adductor...
Thrombosis may occur in veins (venous thrombosis) or in arteries (arterial thrombosis). Venous thrombosis (sometimes called DVT, deepvein thrombosis) leads...
Ultrasonography in suspected deepvein thrombosis focuses primarily on the femoral vein and the popliteal vein, because thrombi in these veins are associated with...
confused with post-thrombotic syndrome in which the deepveins have been damaged by previous deepvein thrombosis. Most cases of CVI can be improved with...
Superficial veins are veins that are close to the surface of the body, as opposed to deepveins, which are far from the surface. Superficial veins are not...
Deep dorsal vein may refer to: Deep dorsal veins of the penis Deep dorsal vein of clitoris This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the...
Deep cerebral vein may refer to: Deep cerebral veins, a group of veins in the head Deep middle cerebral vein, a vein which receives tributaries from the...
The deep lingual vein is one of the lingual veins. It commences near the apex of the tongue. It passes posterior-ward close to the inferior surface of...
The deep cervical vein (posterior vertebral vein or posterior deep cervical vein[citation needed]) is the vena comitans of the deep cervical artery. The...
surgical subspecialty in which vascular diseases involving the arteries, veins, or lymphatic vessels, are managed by medical therapy, minimally-invasive...
scan, or ultrasound of the legs may confirm the diagnosis. Together, deepvein thrombosis and PE are known as venous thromboembolism (VTE). Efforts to...
a complication of deep-vein thrombosis. The most common sites of origin of pulmonary emboli are the femoral veins. The deepveins of the calf are the...
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) BD72 comprises the following conditions: deepvein thrombosis (DVT) BD71, pulmonary embolism (PE) BB00. VTE is a common cardiovascular...
Perforator veins are so called because they perforate the deep fascia of muscles, to connect the superficial veins to the deepveins where they drain...
the femoral vein that courses next to the femoral artery. In particular, the adjacent femoral vein is clinically a deepvein, where deepvein thrombosis...
deepvein thrombosis. Venous thrombosis is the formation of a thrombus (blood clot) in a vein. This most commonly affects a deepvein known as deep vein...