Inferior epigastric vein

Inferior epigastric vein
Right inferior epigastric vein - view from inside of abdomen.
The iliac veins.
Details
Drains from	superior epigastric vein
Drains to	external iliac vein
Artery	inferior epigastric artery
Identifiers
Latin	vena epigastrica inferior
TA	A12.3.10.025
FMA	21162
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

In human anatomy, inferior epigastric vein refers to the vein that drains into the external iliac vein and anastomoses 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.

Gray's s156 - "External iliac artery"
Anatomy photo:35:12-0105 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Anterior Abdominal wall: Blood Vessels in the Rectus sheath"
Anatomy figure: 35:04-07 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Incisions and the contents of the rectus sheath."

To azygos system

To IVC or left renal vein

Unpaired

posterior:	iliolumbar superior gluteal lateral sacral

anterior:	inferior gluteal obturator uterine ♀ uterine plexus ♀ vesical vesical plexus prostatic plexus ♂ deep of penis ♂/clitoris ♀ posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀ vaginal plexus/vein ♀ middle rectal internal pudendal inferior rectal bulb of penis ♂/vestibule ♀ rectal plexus

Splenic	short gastric left gastroepiploic pancreatic inferior mesenteric superior rectal left colic

Superior mesenteric	right gastroepiploic pancreaticoduodenal jejunal ileal middle colic right colic ileocolic appendicular

Direct	cystic left gastric/esophageal right gastric paraumbilical

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