In order to reduce a hernia (return it to the abdominal cavity), a surgeon finds it necessary to ligate an artery in the extraperitoneal connective tissue (preperitoneal fat) running vertically just medial to the bowel as the bowel passes through the abdominal wall. This artery is the:A. Deep circumflex iliacB. Inferior epigastricC. Superficial circumflex iliacD. Superficial epigastricE. Superficial external pudendal

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