Ascending branch of deep circumflex iliac artery
Ramus ascendens arteriae circumflexae iliacae profundae
- Related terms: Ascending branch; Deep circumflex iliac artery (Ascending branch)
Definition
Opposite the anterior superior spine of the ilium, the deep circumflex iliac artery gives off a large branch, the ascending branch of deep circumflex iliac artery, which ascends between the Obliquus internus and Transversus muscles, supplying them, and anastomosing with the lumbar arteries and inferior epigastric artery.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
