KROK 1 2015 – Question 159 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A patient has been found to have a marked dilatation of the saphenous veins in the region of anterior abdominal wall around the navel. This is symptomatic of pressure increase in the following vessel:
- A. V. portae hepatis
- B. V. mesenterica inferior
- C. V. cava inferior
- D. V. cava superior
- E. V. mesenterica superior
Hint
Think of the connections between the paraumbilical veins and the superficial veins of the abdominal wall, and which venous system must be under raised pressure for blood to use them.
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