Deep circumflex iliac vein
Deep circumflex iliac vein | |
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Details | |
Drains to | external iliac vein |
Artery | Deep circumflex iliac artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | vena circumflexa ilium profunda |
TA98 | A12.3.10.027 |
TA2 | 5054 |
FMA | 21182 |
Anatomical terminology |
The deep circumflex iliac vein is formed by the union of the venae comitantes of the deep iliac circumflex artery, and joins the external iliac vein about 2 cm. above the inguinal ligament. It also receives small tributary branches from the thoracoepigastric vein
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 673 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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