| Sappey | Marie P.C., French anatomist, 1810-1896. See: Sappey's fibres, Sappey's plexus, Sappey's veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Sappey's fibres | Nonstriated muscular fibre's in the check ligaments of the eyeball. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sappey's plexus | A network of lymphatics in the areola of the nipple. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Sappey's veins | Several small veins arising from cutaneous veins about the umbilicus running along the round ligament of the liver, and terminating as accessory portal veins in the substance of this organ; they constitute a portocaval anastomosis and are subject to varicosity druign portal hypertension; varicose paraumbilical veins form the "caput medussae". Synonym: venae paraumbilicales, Sappey's veins. (05 Mar 2000) |