Superficial epigastric vein

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Vein: Superficial epigastric vein
The left femoral triangle. (Superior epigastric vesseles labeled at center top.)
The great saphenous vein and its tributaries at the fossa ovalis.
Latin	vena epigastrica superficialis
Gray's	subject #173 669
Drains to	great saphenous vein femoral vein
Artery	Superficial epigastric artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	v_05/12850269

The superficial epigastric vein is a vein which travels with the superficial epigastric artery. It joins the accessory saphenous vein near the fossa ovalis.

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The subcutaneous inguinal ring.

The great saphenous vein and its tributaries.

The femoral vein and its tributaries.

[edit] External links

• SUNY Labs 35:02-0100 - "Anterior Abdominal Wall: Blood Vessels in the Superficial Fascia"
• SUNY Anatomy Image 7131

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