title: [Vasa vasorum of subcutaneous veins and lymph vessels].
abstract: After intraarterial ink-injection the vasa vasorum of veins and lymphatic vessels in adults, dead born children and fetuses were demonstrated micropreparatorily. In their walls the larger veins of the saphena system possess a capillary network corresponding to the connective tissue and muscle structures/patterns in the vessel wall. No vasa vasorum could be found in the subcutaneous veins less than 1 mm in diameter. The lymphatic vessels of the inner prefascial bundle show a one-dimensional capillary network in the outer layers of the wall. Like the vasa vasorum of the saphena system it develops in the second half of fetal life.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik der Ruhr-Universität St. Josef-Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schäfer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008208:Lymphatic System / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D014651:Vasa Vasorum / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000196:embryology; D014680:Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology
vernacular_title: Vasa vasorum von subkutanen Venen und Lymphgefässen.