GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -You have two saphenous veins in each of your legs. They’re called your great saphenous vein and small saphenous vein. Your great saphenous vein is also called your long saphenous vein, and it’s the longest vein in your body, traveling between your foot and the top of your thigh.

Detailed explanation-2: -Out of these two veins of the heart, the inferior vena cava (IVC) is considered as the longest of all the veins found in the human body.

Detailed explanation-3: -Results. The mean diameters of normal great saphenous vein (GSV) and refluxed GSV were 5.0 ± 2.4 mm and 6.4 ± 2.0 mm, respectively. The mean diameters of normal small saphenous vein (SSV) and refluxed SSV were 3.1 ± 1.3 mm and 5.2 ± 2.7 mm, respectively.

Detailed explanation-4: -Description. The Small Saphenous Vein (SSV) is a superficial vein of the posterior leg. It drains the leg’s lateral surface and runs up the leg’s posterior surface to drain into the popliteal vein.