See Also: lateral circumflex femoral veins(medicine)
lateral circumflex femoral artery(medicine)
lateral femoral circumflex artery(medicine)
descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery(medicine)
circumflex femoral arteries(medicine)
medial circumflex femoral veins(medicine)
medial circumflex femoral artery(medicine)
medial femoral circumflex artery(medicine)
deep branch of the medial femoral circumflex artery(medicine)
lateral circumflex artery of thigh(medicine)

lateral circumflex femoral veins (medicine) and bretwalda (sh)


lateral circumflex femoral veins (medicine)


lateral circumflex femoral veins


The veins that accompany the lateral circumflex femoral artery, usually terminating in the femoral vein.

Synonym: venae circumflexae femoris laterales.


bretwalda (sh)




or brytenwalda
Any of several Anglo-Saxon kings with lordship over kingdoms beyond their own. Used in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the title probably means "ruler of the Britons." It was given to Egbert

died 839

of Wessex and to seven earlier kings: Aelle of Sussex (fl. late 5th century), Ceawlin of Wessex

died 593

, Aethelberht of Kent

died 616

, Raedwald of East Anglia

died 616/27

, Edwin of Northumbria

died 632

, Oswald of Northumbria

died 641

, and Oswiu of Northumbria

died 670

.