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Varicose vein is a distended vein (blood vessel)..
Veins can get distended in many conditions. It can be physiological (normal) or pathological (not normal). Varicose veins are pathological.
Varicose veins are distended and mostly tortuous veins, occur mainly due to valvular incompetence or due to obstruction in deep veins.
Gravity and Erect posture of humans contribute to the varicose veins.
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What is the medical term meaning distended blood vessel?
A distended blood vessel often causes a sac to form which is filled with blood. It is called an aneurysm if it occurs in an artery. Caused by distension or weakening of the vessel wall, it is a sign of disease of the vessels and may rupture. Veins also become distended such as in varicose veins where the vein is commonly swollen, twisted and lengthened as a result of poor circulation. It results in a lowered efficiency in returning blood to the heart.
What condition arises when veins become distended due to backflow of blood through stretched venous valves?
Veins becomes dilated and tortuous. You get the condition called as varicose veins.
What is the medical term meaning distended or tortuous veins usually found in the lower extremities?
Varicose Veins.
What is a varicose vein in hunman body?
A varicose vein is a distended vein where the valves are unable to close properly. This can lead to thromboses, which are blood clots and can make the veins hard, bumpy, and painful.
What is the medical term meaning Localized widening of an artery?
A distended blood vessel often causes a sac to form which is filled with blood. It is called an aneurysm if it occurs in an artery. Caused by distension or weakening of the vessel wall, it is a sign of disease of the vessels and may rupture. Veins also become distended such as in varicose veins where the vein is commonly swollen, twisted and lengthened as a result of poor circulation. It results in a lowered efficiency in returning blood to the heart.
What blood vessel structure is unique to veins?
Many have small valves that keep the blood flowing in the correct direction. You can actually see these if they fail to work. We call them varicose veins.
Which type of blood vessel is more apt to lose its elasticity leading to a discoloration that can be externally observed?
veins, the discoloration that we can see are varicose veins
What kind of veins become varicose?
The superficial veins are the blood vessels most often affected by varicose veins and are the veins seen by eye when the varicose condition has developed.
What happens when blood pools in the veins?
Varicose veins form when blood pools in the veins.
What causes imcompetent valves in leg veins?
Venous insufficiency is a condition in which blood pools in the vein because the valves have become incompetent.
What are veins without oxygen?
Varicose Veins 2nd answer: . . . or, blood vessels with less oxygen are veins?
What Varicos Viens?
Varicose Veins are swollen, distended, enlarged veins which often appear twisted and gnarled. They are most visible on the lower legs, and most common in older people. Besides on the legs, they can also appear in internal sites such as the esophagus or intestines. Hemorrhoids are varicose veins in the anus. Varicose veins in the scrotum are called varicocele, often occurring in teens or young men.
