Deep circumflex iliac vein | |
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Details | |
Drains to | External iliac vein |
Artery | Deep circumflex iliac artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | vena circumflexa ilium profunda |
TA98 | A12.3.10.027 |
TA2 | 5054 |
FMA | 21182 |
Anatomical terminology |
The deep circumflex iliac vein is formed by the union of the venae comitantes of the deep iliac circumflex artery.[1] It drains venous blood from the walls of the iliac fossa.[2] It empties into the external iliac vein about 2 cm superior to the inguinal ligament,[3] just distal to where the inferior epigastric vein does so.[1] The DCIV runs across the external iliac artery.[1] It forms anastomoses with the iliolumbar vein, and lower two lumbar veins.[2]