Sappey, Marie P.C.

Sappey,

Marie P.C., French anatomist, 1810-1896. Sappey fibers - nonstriated muscular fibers in the check ligaments of the eyeball.Sappey plexus - a network of lymphatics in the areola of the nipple.Sappey veins - several small veins arising from cutaneous veins about the umbilicus, running along the round ligament of the liver and terminating as accessory portal veins. Synonym(s): paraumbilical veins