Techniques for blood collection from the rat include puncture of the heart, retro-orbital plexus, jugular vein, saphenous vein, tail blood vessels, carotid artery, abdominal aorta, and vena cava.

The radial artery and any available vein in the forearm ... We recommend using the cephalic vein in the upper arm for the proximal site. The distal venipuncture site is usually located in the ...

The accesses that were performed included 20 autogenous radial-cephalic direct wrist accesses ... and 1 autogenous brachial artery- brachial vein upper arm access. [1] Nine patients (22%) had ...