[1] An inferior aponeurotic thickening of the cribriform fascia - the falciform margin of sphenous opening - forms the inferior margin of the sapnenous opening, embracing the arch of the great saphenous vein.

[2] The cribriform fascia has been proposed for use in preventing new vascularization when surgery is performed at the join between the great saphenous vein and the femoral vein.

[3] When the eponym is used, it is named for Franz Kaspar Hesselbach.

[4][5] This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 468 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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