ARTERIA ILIACA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arteria iliaca mean? 

• ARTERIA ILIACA (noun)
  The noun ARTERIA ILIACA has 1 sense:

1. one of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs

  Familiarity information: ARTERIA ILIACA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARTERIA ILIACA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria iliaca; iliac artery

Hypernyms ("arteria iliaca" is a kind of...):

arteria; arterial blood vessel; artery (a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arteria iliaca"):

common iliac artery (terminal branches of the abdominal aorta)

external iliac artery (the outer branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body; becomes the femoral artery)

hypogastric artery; internal iliac artery (the inner branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body; divides into several branches that supply blood to the pelvic and gluteal areas)

Holonyms ("arteria iliaca" is a part of...):

ilium (the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone)