common iliac vein
A vein that drains the pelvis and lower limbs into the inferior vena cava. [ MURDOCH:403 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_iliac_vein ]
Synonyms: common iliac venous tree
Term info
- Wikipedia:Common_iliac_vein
- MA:0002143
- UMLS:C0226758 (ncithesaurus:Common_Iliac_Vein)
- galen:CommonIliacVein
- SCTID:181398004
- EMAPA:17874
- NCIT:C32359
- FMA:14333
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
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, 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.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Iliac_veins.gif
vena iliaca communis
uberon
UBERON:0001139
Common iliac vein
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- lateral structure
- iliac vein
- in lateral side of some posterior vena cava
- part of some posterior vena cava