Cardiovascular system
Inferior epigastric artery
Arteria epigastrica inferior
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- External iliac artery
DescriptionUnreviewed
In human anatomy, inferior epigastric artery refers to the artery that arises from the external iliac artery.
It anastomoses with the superior epigastric artery.
Along its course, it is accompanied by a similarly named vein, the inferior epigastric vein.
These epigastric vessels form the lateral border of Hesselbach's triangle, which outlines the area through which direct inguinal hernias protrude.
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Names
- Latin
- Arteria epigastrica inferior
- English
- Inferior epigastric artery
- French
- Artère épigastrique inférieure
- Spanish
- Arteria epigástrica inferior
- Portuguese
- Artéria epigástrica inferior