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iliolumbar vein

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001320

The iliolumbar vein is the vena comitans of the iliolumbar artery. The obturator nerve crosses superficial to it. A single vein is found more commonly than a double vein. It drains vertebral segments four and five. It is closely related to the ascending lumbar vein. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliolumbar_vein ]

Synonyms: ilio-lumbar vein

Term info

database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Gray585.png

has related synonym

vena iliolumbalis

id

UBERON:0001320

prefLabel

Iliolumbar vein

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606