Inferior epigastric vein

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Vein: Inferior epigastric vein

Right inferior epigastric vein - view from inside of abdomen.

The iliac veins.
Latin	vena epigastrica inferior
Gray's	subject #173 672
Drains from	superior epigastric vein
Drains to	external iliac vein
Artery	inferior epigastric artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	v_05/12850263

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

In human anatomy, inferior epigastric vein refers to the vein that drains into the external iliac vein and arises from the superior epigastric vein. Along its course, it is accompanied by a similarly named artery, the inferior epigastric artery.

Additional images

The interfoveolar ligament, seen from in front.
The internal mammary artery and its branches.
Posterior view of the anterior abdominal wall in its lower half. The peritoneum is in place, and the various cords are shining through.

External link

Gray's s156 - "External iliac artery"
SUNY Labs 35:12-0105 - "Anterior Abdominal wall: Blood Vessels in the Rectus sheath"
SUNY Figs 35:04-07 - "Incisions and the contents of the rectus sheath."

v • d • e Veins of the torso
Coronary	coronary sinus (great cardiac, left marginal, small cardiac, middle cardiac, posterior of the left ventricle, oblique of the left atrium) • anterior cardiac (right marginal) • pulmonary
Thorax/ SVC	brachiocephalic: inferior thyroid - thymic - internal thoracic (anterior intercostal, superior epigastric) - left superior intercostal - supreme - vertebral - internal jugular - subclavian (axillary: lateral thoracic, thoracoepigastric) - pericardiacophrenic azygos: right superior intercostal - bronchial - intercostal/posterior intercostal 5-11 - accessory hemiazygos/hemiazygos - superior phrenic
Vertebral column	vertebral venous plexuses (external, internal) • spinal (posterior, anterior) • basivertebral • intervertebral
Abdomen/ IVC	to IVC on right and left: renal - hepatic - lumbar to IVC on right, renal vein on left: inferior phrenic - suprarenal - ovarian/testicular (pampiniform plexus) to azygos system: ascending lumbar (subcostal)
Pelvis/common iliac	external iliac: inferior epigastric - deep circumflex iliac vein internal iliac: inferior gluteal - superior gluteal - median sacral vein - lateral sacral - obturator - internal pudendal (inferior rectal) - vesical venous plexus - prostatic venous plexus - deep of penis - vaginal venous plexus - uterine venous plexus - middle rectal - hemorrhoidal
Portal system/ portal vein	splenic: short gastric - left gastroepiploic - pancreatic - inferior mesenteric (superior rectal, left colic) superior mesenteric: right gastroepiploic - pancreaticoduodenal - middle colic - right colic - ileocolic (appendicular) direct (cystic, left gastric, right gastric, paraumbilical)
fetal	ductus venosus • umbilical