Cardiovascular system
Great saphenous vein
Vena saphena magna
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Lower limb, Foot, Trunk
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Femoral vein
DescriptionUnreviewed
The great saphenous vein (GSV, alternately "long saphenous vein";) is a large, subcutaneous, superficial vein of the leg.
It is the longest vein in the body, running along the length of the lower limb, returning blood from the foot, leg and thigh to the deep femoral vein at the femoral triangle.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Vena saphena magna
- English
- Great saphenous vein
- French
- Veine grande saphène
- Spanish
- Gran vena safena
- Portuguese
- Veia safena magna