Anatomy study note · Abdomen

Superficial epigastric vessels

Small superficial vessels of the lower abdominal wall. The artery is a branch of the femoral artery; the vein drains to the great saphenous vein.

Key points

• Artery from the femoral artery.
• Vein → great saphenous → femoral vein.
• Anastomoses with the lateral thoracic vein (caval obstruction).
• Caput medusae = portal hypertension.
• Vessels: mesodermal, from angioblastic tissue.
• Artery: thick media. Vein: thin wall, thick adventitia, valves.

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Written from

• Snell’s Clinical Anatomy by Regions, 10th ed., ch. 6, PDF pp. 696–698, 723–724
• Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology, ch. 15, PDF p. 236
• BRS Cell Biology & Histology, 7th ed., ch. 11, PDF pp. 197–199, 203–205

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