title: Leonardo da Vinci and Kethem-Kiveris vena.
abstract: In the drawing of coitus by Leonardo da Vinci are pictured the contemporary hypotheses regarding this act. The authors analyze the mamillaruteral connection depicted by the artist and grow up to believe that this is a hypothetical kiveris vena, female vein described by Anatomist Master Nicolai Physicus from the Salerno School. The Hebrew roots were found in the name. The connection is described also by Mondino in The Anathomia. The same connection can be found in the picture of the pregnant woman in Fasciculus Medicinæ by Johannes De Ketham.
authors: Department of Anatomy and Biomechanics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. dolezal@ftvs.cuni.cz
authors: Antonín
authors: A
authors: Dolezal
authors: Zita
authors: Z
authors: Skorepova-Honzlova
authors: Karel
authors: K
authors: Jelen
mesh_terms: D000716:Anatomy, Artistic / Q000266:history*; D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D003075:Coitus; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D049668:History, 15th Century; D006801:Humans; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D011247:Pregnancy; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014680:Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology*