| Deep circumflex iliac vein | |
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The veins of the right half of the male pelvis.
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The iliac veins.
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| Details | |
| Drains to | external iliac vein |
| Artery | Deep circumflex iliac artery |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | vena circumflexa ilium profunda |
| Dorlands /Elsevier |
v_05/12849920 |
| TA | A12.3.10.027 |
| FMA | 21182 |
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Anatomical terminology
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The deep circumflex iliac vein is formed by the union of the venae comitantes of the deep iliac circumflex artery, and joins the external iliac vein about 2 cm. above the inguinal ligament. It also receives small tributary branches from the thoracoepigastric vein
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)