Superficial epigastric artery 5035464 88360363 2006-11-17T04:32:03Z Arcadian 104523 /* Additional images */ added image {{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}}