Most techniques (except saphenous vein and tail blood vessel ... and is analogous to 'holding off' a forelimb cephalic vein in a dog or cat. The tail vein can be punctured ∼3 cm from the tip.

of blood collection for rodents" (Reinhardt)? "If we only need a small amount of blood and want to avoid disturbing our small rodent patients we usually draw a sample from the saphenous vein. I think, ...

The venous system of the lower extremity can be divided anatomically into three parts: the greater and lesser saphenous subsystem, the communicating venous system, and the deep venous system.

Blood flow volume and velocity were recorded above and below the saphenous vein bifurcation, the division of the superficial and deep systems, allowing evaluation of each. Volume and velocity ...