perforator veins are located close to the skin in your body.
perforator veins are located close to the skin in your body.
where are perforator veins located in your body?
close to the skin
veins are present throughout the body as tubes that carry blood back to the heart. veins are classified in a number of ways, including superficial vs. deep, pulmonary vs. systemic, and large vs. small. 









































bullet::::- superficial veins are those closer to the surface of the body, and have no corresponding arteries.









































bullet::::- deep veins are deeper in the body and have corresponding arteries.









































bullet::::- perforator veins drain from the superficial to the deep veins. these are usually referred to in the lower limbs and feet.









































bullet::::- communicating veins are veins that directly connect superficial veins to deep veins.
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at the ankle, the great saphenous vein receives branches from the sole of the foot through the medial marginal vein; in the lower leg it anastomoses freely with the small saphenous vein, communicates by perforator veins (cockett perforators) with the anterior and posterior tibial veins and receives many cutaneous veins; near the knee it communicates with the popliteal vein by the boyd perforator, in the thigh it communicates with the femoral vein by perforator veins (dodd perforator) and receives numerous tributaries; those from the medial and posterior parts of the thigh frequently unite to form a large accessory saphenous vein which joins the main vein near the sapheno-femoral junction.
great saphenous vein