Recent years have seen an enormous amount of experimental and clinical research into role of the pulmonary veins (PVs ... dimension to our knowledge of PV anatomy. Such work is vital for an ...

The venous anatomy of the lower leg is made up of two ... above the muscle fascia in the subcutaneous tissues. The principal veins in the superficial system are the great saphenous vein (GSV ...

For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope with high pressure blood flow and the veins contain valves to prevent the ...