“circumflex vein”

The following 2 entries include the term circumflex vein.

lateral femoral circumflex vein

noun

: a vein that accompanies the lateral femoral circumflex artery and empties into the femoral vein or sometimes into one of its tributaries and that corresponds to the deep femoral artery compare medial femoral circumflex vein

medial femoral circumflex vein

noun

: a vein accompanying the medial femoral circumflex artery and emptying into the femoral vein or sometimes into one of its tributaries and corresponding to the deep femoral artery compare lateral femoral circumflex vein


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