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 |
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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.
Additional images
 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. |
External links
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List of arteries of lower limbs | |
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| EI: Femoral | superficial epigastric - superficial iliac circumflex
external pudendal: superficial - deep (anterior scrotal) profunda femoris: lateral circumflex femoral (descending, transverse, ascending) - medial circumflex femoral (ascending, superficial, deep, acetabular) - perforating descending genicular (saphenous branch, articular branches) |
| Popliteal | sural genicular: superior genicular (medial, lateral) - middle genicular - inferior genicular (medial, lateral) |
| Anterior tibial | tibial recurrent (posterior, anterior)
anterior malleolar (medial, lateral) dorsalis pedis: tarsal (medial, lateral) |
| Posterior tibial | circumflex fibular - fibular medial plantar - lateral plantar |
| Arches | arcuate: dorsal metatarsal/first dorsal metatarsal - deep plantar - dorsal digital arteries plantar arch: plantar metatarsal - common plantar digital - proper plantar digital |
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