Iliac vein

(anatomy) Any of the three veins on each side of the body which correspond to and accompany the iliac artery.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: one of three veins draining the pelvic area
  Synonym: vena iliaca

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In human anatomy, iliac vein refers to several anatomical structures located in the pelvis:

• External iliac vein - terminates at the common iliac vein, drains the femoral vein.
• Internal iliac vein - terminates at the common iliac vein, drains pelvic organs and perineum.
• Common iliac vein - formed by the external and internal iliac veins, drains into the inferior vena cava.

See also

• Iliac artery

v • d • e Veins of the torso (TA A12.3.01-04, 07, 09-10, GA 7.664) Thorax Coronary coronary sinus (great cardiac, left marginal, small cardiac, middle cardiac, posterior of the left ventricle, oblique of the left atrium) · anterior cardiac (right marginal) · pulmonary SVC Brachiocephalic internal thoracic (anterior intercostal, superior epigastric) · left superior intercostal · supreme · vertebral · subclavian (axillary: lateral thoracic, thoracoepigastric, dorsal scapular) · pericardiacophrenic Azygos right superior intercostal · bronchial · intercostal/posterior intercostal 5-11 · accessory hemiazygos/hemiazygos · superior phrenic Vertebral column vertebral venous plexuses (external, internal) · spinal (posterior, anterior) · basivertebral · intervertebral Abdomen/pelvis To azygos system ascending lumbar (subcostal) IVC (Systemic) To IVC or left renal vein inferior phrenic · hepatic (central veins of liver, liver sinusoid) · suprarenal · renal · gonadal (ovarian ♀/testicular ♂, pampiniform plexus ♂) · lumbar · common iliac Common iliac Unpaired median sacral vein External iliac inferior epigastric · deep circumflex iliac vein Internal iliac posterior: iliolumbar · superior gluteal · lateral sacral anterior: inferior gluteal · obturator · uterine ♀ (uterine plexus ♀) · vesical (vesical plexus, prostatic plexus ♂, deep of penis ♂/clitoris ♀, posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀) · vaginal plexus/vein ♀ · middle rectal · internal pudendal (inferior rectal, bulb of penis ♂/vestibule ♀) · rectal plexus Portal vein (Portal) Splenic short gastric · left gastroepiploic · pancreatic · inferior mesenteric (superior rectal, left colic) Superior mesenteric right gastroepiploic · pancreaticoduodenal · jejunal · ileal · middle colic · right colic · ileocolic (appendicular) Direct cystic · left gastric/esophageal · right gastric · paraumbilical

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