X-Nico

unusual facts about blood vessel



Eremopezus

There is a single foramen on the dorsal side of the tarsometatarsus, with a plantar exit hole between the third and fourth metacarpal's distal ends (presumably for the outer toe's adductor tendon) and another (presumably for nerves and blood vessels) on the plantar surface of the tarsometatarsus.


see also

ACOA

Anterior communicating artery, a blood vessel of the brain that connects the left and right anterior cerebral arteries

James Hain Friswell

While on a visit to Richard Brinsley Sheridan at Frampton Court, Dorsetshire, in December 1869, whither he had been invited to meet John Lothrop Motley, author of the Rise of the Dutch Republic, he ruptured a blood-vessel.

Pcom

Posterior communicating artery, a blood vessel in the brain often referred to as the 'p-com'

Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet

Bursting a blood-vessel in his throat, he set off on a journey to Switzerland to recover his health but died en route while in Freiburg.

Venous ulcer

Compression therapy is used for venous leg ulcers and can decrease blood vessel diameter and pressure, which increases their effectiveness, preventing blood from flowing backwards.