The deep circumflex iliac vein is formed by the union of the venae comitantes of the deep iliac circumflex artery, and joins the external iliac vein about 2 cm. above the inguinal ligament. It also receives small tributary branches from the thoracoepigastric vein

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 673 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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