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lower veins: labelled anatomical figure. Original source colours and labels retained.
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Great saphenous vein

Locate great saphenous vein on this anatomical reference. Read the original plate labels to confirm the view and adjacent structures.

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lower veins: labelled anatomical figure. Original source colours and labels retained.

Image: OpenStax / University of Hawaiʻi adapted teaching figures; original contributors credited at source · Source / original · CC BY 4.0 — figure credits at source

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Great and small saphenous veins

Nerves & vessels

Great and small saphenous veins

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Drain superficial lower-limb tissues; valves and muscle pumps assist venous return.

Zoom into the original labels. Practise pointing out each structure, then explain it aloud. Diagrams are teaching references; specimen appearance and slide staining vary.

01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Great saphenous passes anterior to medial malleolus
  2. Small passes posterior to lateral malleolus
  3. Both communicate with deep veins
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

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Related features & study points (1)

Additional relations, attachments or microscopic details to revise alongside this plate. These are separate from its numbered image landmarks.

  • Perforating veins
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

01How do you identify great and small saphenous veins?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Great saphenous passes anterior to medial malleolus. Small passes posterior to lateral malleolus. Both communicate with deep veins.

02Where does great saphenous usually terminate?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Femoral vein at the saphenofemoral junction in the groin.

03Where does small saphenous usually terminate?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Popliteal vein, with substantial variations in termination and thigh continuation.

04What is its main functional or developmental significance?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Drain superficial lower-limb tissues; valves and muscle pumps assist venous return. Key structures to recognise: Great saphenous vein; Small saphenous vein; Perforating veins.

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