Deep circumflex iliac vein

Deep circumflex iliac vein

The veins of the right half of the male pelvis.

The iliac veins.
Details
Drains to external iliac vein
Artery Deep circumflex iliac artery
Identifiers
Latin vena circumflexa ilium profunda
TA A12.3.10.027
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

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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