Common iliac vein
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| Vein: Common iliac vein | |
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| Veins of the abdomen and lower limb - inferior vena cava, common iliac vein, external iliac vein, internal iliac vein, femoral vein and their tributaries. The aorta and its bifurcation (unlabeled) appear in red. | |
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| Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac and hypogastric plexuses. (Common iliac vein labeled at lower right.) | |
| Latin | vena iliaca communis |
| Gray's | subject #173 677 |
| Drains from | pelvis and lower limbs |
| Source | external iliac veins and internal iliac veins |
| Drains to | inferior vena cava |
| Artery | common iliac arteries |
In human anatomy, the common iliac veins are formed by the external iliac veins and internal iliac veins and together, in the abdomen at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebrae[1], form the inferior vena cava. They drain blood from the pelvis and lower limbs.
Both common iliac veins are accompanied along their course by common iliac arteries.
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Diagram showing completion of development of the parietal veins.
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The venæ cavæ and azygos veins, with their tributaries.
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The veins of the right half of the male pelvis.
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Scheme showing relative positions of primary lymph sacs.
[edit] References
- ^ Henry Gray (1918), Anatomy of the Human Body, pp. 677, http://education.yahoo.com/reference/gray/subjects/subject/173#p677, retrieved 2008-06-15
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