Veins draining blood from the pelvis and lower limbs
Common iliac vein
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.
Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac and hypogastric plexuses. (Common iliac vein labeled at lower right.)
Details
Drains from
Pelvis and lower limbs
Source
External iliac veins and internal iliac veins
Drains to
Inferior vena cava
Artery
Common iliac arteries
Identifiers
Latin
vena iliaca communis
MeSH
D007084
TA98
A12.3.10.001
TA2
5021
FMA
14333
Anatomical terminology
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In human anatomy, the common iliac veins are formed by the external iliac veins and internal iliac veins. The left and right common iliac veins come together in the abdomen at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra,[1] forming 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.
^Henry Gray (1918), Anatomy of the Human Body, p. 677, archived from the original on December 22, 2009, retrieved June 15, 2008
The external iliacveins are large veins that connect the femoral veins to the commoniliacveins. Their origin is at the inferior margin of the inguinal...
the internal iliac artery and, at the brim of the pelvis, joins with the external iliacvein to form the commoniliacvein. Several veins unite above the...
common iliac arteries are accompanied along their course by the two commoniliacveins, which lie posteriorly and to the right. Their terminal bifurcation...
the heart. It is formed by the joining of the right and the left commoniliacveins, usually at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra. The inferior vena...
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right commoniliac arteries. The aortic bifurcation is usually seen at the level of L4, just above the junction of the left and right commoniliacveins. The...
internal iliacvein, anterior to the lumbosacral trunk, and anterior to the piriformis muscle. Near its origin, it is medial to the external iliacvein, which...
the aorta sending its right common iliac artery to cross its opposite side counterpart (the left commoniliacvein) anteriorly. The collateral circulation...
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sacrum. It ends in the left commoniliacvein. Sometimes, it ends in the angle of junction of the two commoniliacveins. This article incorporates text...
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becomes known as the common femoral vein. It ends at the inferior margin of the inguinal ligament where it becomes the external iliacvein. Its major tributaries...
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midway between the anterior superior iliac spine and the symphysis pubis (mid-inguinal point).[citation needed] In common usage, in clinical practice including...
The specific problem is compression of the left commoniliacvein by the overlying right commoniliac artery. Many May-Thurner compressions are overlooked...
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epigastric, superficial circumflex iliacvein, and superficial external pudendal veins. The thoracoepigastric vein runs along the lateral aspect of the...
due to compression of the left renal vein, and May–Thurner syndrome associated with compression of the iliacvein which can lead to iliofemoral DVT. Compression...
The superficial iliac circumflex artery (or superficial circumflex iliac), the smallest of the cutaneous branches of the femoral artery, arises close to...
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