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Superficial iliac circumflex artery
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| Artery: Superficial iliac circumflex artery | |
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| Scheme of the femoral artery. (Superficial circumflex iliac labeled at upper right.) | |
| Latin | arteria circumflexa ilium superficialis |
| Source | femoral artery |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12153929 |
The superficial iliac circumflex artery (or superficial circumflex iliac), the smallest of the cutaneous branches of the femoral artery, arises close to the superficial epigastric artery, and, piercing the fascia lata, runs lateralward, parallel with the inguinal ligament, as far as the crest of the ilium.
It divides into branches which supply the integument of the groin, the superficial fascia, and the superficial subinguinal lymph glands, anastomosing with the deep iliac circumflex, the superior gluteal and lateral femoral circumflex arteries.
 The subcutaneous inguinal ring. |
 The great saphenous vein and its tributaries at the fossa ovalis. |
 The great saphenous vein and its tributaries. |
 The femoral vein and its tributaries. |
- superficial+circumflex+iliac+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
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| EI: Femoral | superficial epigastric - superficial iliac circumflex - external pudendal (superficial, deep/anterior scrotal arteries) - profunda femoris (lateral circumflex femoral, medial circumflex femoral, perforating) - descending genicular |
| Popliteal | anterior tibial - sural genicular: superior genicular (medial, lateral) - middle genicular - inferior genicular (medial, lateral) |
| Anterior tibial | dorsalis pedis: tarsal (lateral - medial) - arcuate - dorsal metatarsal/first dorsal metatarsal - deep plantar
tibial recurrent (posterior, anterior) anterior malleolar (medial, lateral) |
| Posterior tibial | circumflex fibular - fibular medial plantar - lateral plantar (plantar arch, plantar metatarsal) |
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