Deep circumflex iliac vein

The deep circumflex iliac vein is formed by the union of the venae comitantes of the deep iliac circumflex artery.[1] It drains venous blood from the walls of the iliac fossa.[2] It empties into the external iliac vein about 2 cm superior to the inguinal ligament,[3] just distal to where the inferior epigastric vein does so.[1] The DCIV runs across the external iliac artery.[1] It forms anastomoses with the iliolumbar vein, and lower two lumbar veins.[2]

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York: Elsevier. pp. 1250–1251. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.
  2. ^ a b "deep circumflex iliac vein - Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine". www.academie-medecine.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-14.
  3. ^ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 673.