An artery that arises from the femoral artery and supplies the abdominal wall. It distributes branches to the superficial subinguinal lymph glands, the superficial fascia, and the integument; it anastomoses with branches of the inferior epigastric, and with its fellow of the opposite side. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superficial_epigastric_artery http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6601-2165 ]