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 |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
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In human anatomy, the common iliac veins are formed by the external iliac veins and internal iliac veins and together, in the abdomen at about the level of the umbilicus (T10), 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. |
 The venæ cavæ and azygos veins, with their tributaries. |
 The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. |
 Scheme showing relative positions of primary lymph sacs. |
