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**** '''Inferior: inguinal ligament''' | **** '''Inferior: inguinal ligament''' | ||
*** Pierces transversalis fascia as it continues to ascend superiorly and superficially, until it levels posterior to rectus once is crosses the arcuate line/linea semicircularis. Continues to rise superiorly until it terminates by piercing rectus abdominis and branches and forms and anastamosis with the superior epigastric arteries, at approximately the level of the superior epigastric arteries. | *** Pierces transversalis fascia as it continues to ascend superiorly and superficially, until it levels posterior to rectus once is crosses the arcuate line/linea semicircularis. Continues to rise superiorly until it terminates by piercing rectus abdominis and branches and forms and anastamosis with the superior epigastric arteries, at approximately the level of the superior epigastric arteries. | ||
*** '''Branches (3):''' | *** '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Branches (3):''' | ||
***# '''Deep circumflex iliac – supplies inguinal ligament and surrounding structures laterally (See Figure)''' | ***# '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Deep circumflex iliac</span> – supplies inguinal ligament and surrounding structures laterally (See Figure)''' | ||
***# '''Pubic''' – supplies inguinal ligament and surrounding structures medially | ***# '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Pubic</span>''' – supplies inguinal ligament and surrounding structures medially | ||
***# '''Cremesteric – supplies vas deferens and testis''' | ***# '''<span style="color:#ff0000">Cremesteric</span> – supplies vas deferens and testis''' | ||
***## '''In 25% of people, an accessory obturator artery arises from the inferior epigastric artery''' and runs medial to the femoral vein to reach the obturator canal. This vessel must be avoided during obturator lymph node dissection | ***## '''In 25% of people, an accessory obturator artery arises from the inferior epigastric artery''' and runs medial to the femoral vein to reach the obturator canal. This vessel must be avoided during obturator lymph node dissection | ||
***## '''Rectus muscle and overlying skin''' | ***## '''Rectus muscle and overlying skin''' | ||