Deep circumflex iliac vein

Deep circumflex iliac vein
The veins of the right half of the male pelvis.
The iliac veins.
Details
Drains toexternal iliac vein
ArteryDeep circumflex iliac artery
Identifiers
Latinvena circumflexa ilium profunda
TA98A12.3.10.027
TA25054
FMA21182
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

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 673 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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