vena saphena

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vena saphena - either of two chief superficial veins of the leg that drain blood from the footsaphenous veingreat saphenous vein, long saphenous vein - the longest vein in the body; runs from foot to the groin where it joins the femoral veinshort saphenous vein - a vein running from the foot up the back of the leg to the kneevein, vena, venous blood vessel - a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart; "all veins except the pulmonary vein carry unaerated blood"leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle