An artery that arises from the femoral artery and supplies the abdominal wall. It distributes branches to the superficial subinguinal lymph glands, the superficial fascia, and the integument; it anastomoses with branches of the inferior epigastric, and with its fellow of the opposite side. [ http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superficial_epigastric_artery ]
Term information
- SCTID:368079006
- FMA:20734
- Wikipedia:Superficial_epigastric_artery
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Term relations
- epigastric artery and connecting branch of some femoral artery and anastomoses with some inferior epigastric artery
- epigastric artery
- systemic artery
- part of some external iliac artery
- anastomoses with some inferior epigastric artery
- connecting branch of some femoral artery