Lower extremity veins/arteries

Veins of the upper and lower extremity are divided into:

(a)  

(a)   accompany arteries and share the same

names

Peripheral veins return (a)   blood back to heart

provide channels between superficial and deep veins

(a)  

Venous blood flow normally from

Veins have (a)   tunica media

(a)   are folds of the intima, the innermost layer of vein wall

Venous valves are (a)   , more numerous in distal leg (GSV).

Venous valves maintain (a)   blood flow from peripheral veins to central veins

Help fight against effects of hydrostatic pressure—gravity when standing upright

(a)