A 54-Year-Old Man Comes to the Physician for Evaluation of Exertional

A 54-year-old man comes to the physician for evaluation of exertional chest pain.  He first noticed the pain a couple months ago when he was shoveling snow off his driveway and has since experienced several episodes while doing other strenuous tasks.  He describes the pain as a heavy, crushing sensation and says it is relieved with rest.  The patient undergoes coronary angiography and is found to have severe stenosis of the right coronary artery and left anterior descending and circumflex arteries.  He is referred to a surgeon for coronary artery bypass grafting.  During the procedure, a portion of his great saphenous vein is removed and grafted to one of the diseased coronary arteries to bypass its atherosclerotic narrowing.  The vein used as a graft during this patient's procedure can be accessed at which of the following sites?

A) At the midline of the popliteal fossa
B) Just inferior to the anterior superior iliac spine
C) Just inferolateral to the pubic tubercle
D) Just superior to the inguinal ligament
E) Over the lateral aspect of the foot

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