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. 2017 Sep 11;5(9):e1454. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000001454

Fig. 3.

Fig. 3.

Macrovascular blood supply to the ventrolateral aspect of the rat’s abdominal wall. A, Photograph under transillumination of the integument covering the left side of the abdomen showing its largest vessels. B, Photograph of the left groin region showing the origin of the SCEVs from the femoral vessels; C, Photograph of the deep surface of the left rectus abdominis muscle, showing the deep caudal epigastric vessels supplying this muscle; Ca, caudal; Cr, cranial; Le, left; La, lateral; M, medial. 1, LT artery; 2, anastomoses between the superficial caudal epigastric arteries and the LT arteries; 3, lateral branch of the SIEA; 4, medial branch of the SIEA; 5, SIEA; 6, femoral vessels and nerve; 7, Deep EPA; 8, superficial EPA; 9, medial branch of the deep caudal epigastric artery; 10, lateral branch of the deep caudal epigastric artery; 11, deep caudal epigastric vessels; 12, cranial deep epigastric artery perforator; 13, xyphoid process; 14, perforators from the medial branch of the deep caudal and cranial epigastric arteries; 15, intercostal perforators; 16, lumbar perforators. Calibration bar = 10 mm.