Superficial epigastric artery
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{{Infobox Artery |
Name = {{PAGENAME}} |
Latin = a. epigastrica superficialis |
GraySubject = 157 |
GrayPage = 629 |
Image = Gray548.png |
Caption = Scheme of the [[femoral artery]]. (Superior epigastric visible at upper left.) |
Image2 = Gray549.png |
Caption2 = The left femoral triangle. (Superior epigastric vesseles labeled at center top.) |
BranchFrom = [[femoral artery]] |
BranchTo = |
Vein = [[Superficial epigastric vein]] |
Supplies = |
MeshName = Epigastric+arteries |
MeshNumber = A07.231.114.330 |
DorlandsPre = a_61 |
DorlandsSuf = 12154229 |
}}
The '''superficial epigastric artery''' arises from the front of the femoral artery about 1 cm below the [[inguinal ligament]], and, passing through the [[femoral sheath]] and the [[fascia cribrosa]], turns upward in front of the inguinal ligament, and ascends between the two layers of the [[superficial fascia]] of the [[abdominal wall]] nearly as far as the [[umbilicus]].
It distributes branches to the [[superficial subinguinal lymph glands]], the [[superficial fascia]], and the [[integument]]; it [[anastomoses]] with branches of the [[inferior epigastric]], and with its fellow of the opposite side.
==Additional images==
<gallery>
Image:Gray393.png|The subcutaneous inguinal ring.
Image:Gray550.png|The femoral artery.
Image:Gray580.png|The great saphenous vein and its tributaries at the fossa ovalis.
Image:Gray581.png|The great saphenous vein and its tributaries.
Image:Gray584.png|The femoral vein and its tributaries.
</gallery>
==External links==
* {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|35|02|01|00}} - "Anterior Abdominal Wall: Blood Vessels in the Superficial Fascia"
* {{SUNYAnatomyImage|7|1|31}}
* {{SUNYAnatomyImage|7|2|80}}
{{Gray's}}
{{circulatory-stub}}
{{Arteries of lower limbs}}