Sappey fibers

Sap·pey fi·bers

(sah-pā'),

nonstriated muscular fibers in the check ligaments of the eyeball.

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