title: Cadaver studies of correlation between vessel size and anatomical territory of cutaneous supply.
abstract: The anatomical territories of individual vessels supplying the skin and subcutaneous tissues have been measured in specimens of cadaver skin following intra-arterial whole-body barium sulphate injection. An attempt has been made to correlate these area measurements with measurements of the diameters of individual vessels. A method has also been devised for measuring the "axiality" of the territories of distribution of individual perforators.
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013909:Thorax / Q000098:blood supply