| LSV | lateral sacral vein; left subclavian vein; longitudinal sound velocity |
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| RPV | right portal vein; right pulmonary vein |
| SVC | saphenous vein cutdown; segmental venous capacitance; selective venous catheterization; slow vital c... |
| DSAP | disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis |
| SASMAS | skin-adipose superficial musculoaponeurotic system |
| medial circumflex femoral veins | The venae comitantes that parallel the medial circumflex femoral artery. Synonym: venae circumflexae femoris mediales. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| medial femoral circumflex artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, profunda femoris; distribution, hip joint, muscles of thigh; anastomoses, inferior gluteal, superior gluteal, lateral circumflex femoral. Synonym: arteria circumflexa femoris medialis, medial circumflex artery of thigh, medial femoral circumflex artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumflex | Describing an arc of a circle or that which winds around something; denotes several anatomical structures: arteries, veins, nerves, and muscles. Origin: circum-+ L. Flexus, to bend (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumflex branch of left coronary artery | <anatomy, artery> Terminal branch (with anterior interventricular artery) of left coronary artery which runs to left and then posteriorly in the coronary groove supplying atrial and ventricular branches. Synonym: ramus circumflexus arteriae coronariae sinistrae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumflex femoral arteries | See: lateral circumflex femoral artery, medial circumflex femoral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumflex fibular artery | <anatomy, artery> The circumflex fibular branch, a branch of the posterior tibial artery which winds around the neck of the fibula and joins the anastomoses around the knee joint. Synonym: ramus circumflexus fibularis arteriae tibialis posterioris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumflex humeral arteries | See: anterior circumflex humeral artery, posterior circumflex humeral artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumflex nerve | <anatomy, nerve> Arises from the posterior cord of the brachial plexus in the axilla, passes laterally and posteriorly through quadrangular space with the posterior circumflex artery, winding round the surgical neck of the humerus to supply the deltoid and teres minor muscles, terminating as the superior lateral brachial cutaneous nerve. Synonym: nervus axillaris, circumflex nerve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumflex scapular artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, subscapular; distribution, muscles of shoulder and scapular region; anastomoses, branches of suprascapular and transverse cervical. Synonym: arteria circumflexa scapulae. (05 Mar 2000) |
| circumflex veins | See: deep circumflex iliac vein, superficial circumflex iliac vein, lateral circumflex femoral veins, medial circumflex femoral veins. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior circumflex humeral artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, axillary; distribution, muscles and structures of shoulder joint; anastomoses, anterior circumflex humeral, suprascapular, thoracoacromial, and profunda brachii. Synonym: arteria circumflexa humeri posterior, posterior humeral circumflex artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior humeral circumflex artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, axillary; distribution, muscles and structures of shoulder joint; anastomoses, anterior circumflex humeral, suprascapular, thoracoacromial, and profunda brachii. Synonym: arteria circumflexa humeri posterior, posterior humeral circumflex artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| deep branch of the medial femoral circumflex artery | <anatomy, artery> Distributed to posterior aspect of femoral head and neck. Synonym: ramus profundus arteriae circumflexae femoris medialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery | <anatomy, artery> A major branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery accompanying the nerve to the vastus lateralis muscle along the anterior border of that muscle and deep to the rectus femoris muscle, supplying both muscles. Anastomosis: with lateral superior genicular artery, i.e., it contributes to the articular network of the knee. Synonym: ramus descendens arteriae circumflexae femoris lateralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lateral circumflex artery of thigh | <anatomy, artery> Origin, profunda femoris; distribution, hip joint, thigh muscles; anastomoses, medial circumflex femoral, inferior gluteal, superior gluteal. Synonym: arteria circumflexa femoris lateralis, lateral circumflex artery of thigh, lateral femoral circumflex artery. (05 Mar 2000) |