EXTERNAL ILIAC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does external iliac vein mean? 

• EXTERNAL ILIAC VEIN (noun)
  The noun EXTERNAL ILIAC VEIN has 1 sense:

1. a continuation of the femoral vein; unites with the internal iliac vein to form the common iliac vein

  Familiarity information: EXTERNAL ILIAC VEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTERNAL ILIAC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A continuation of the femoral vein; unites with the internal iliac vein to form the common iliac vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("external iliac vein" is a kind of...):

iliac vein; vena iliaca (one of three veins draining the pelvic area)

 Context examples 

The vein accompanying the femoral artery in the same sheath; it is a continuation of the popliteal vein and becomes the external iliac vein.

(Femoral Vein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The blood vessel carrying deoxygenated blood that arises from the superior epigastric vein and empties into the external iliac vein.

(Inferior Epigastric Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel containing deoxygenated blood formed by the joining of the internal and external iliac veins at the pelvic brim that runs upward behind the internal iliac artery to the right side of the fifth lumbar vertebra where it joins with its counterpart from the opposite side of the body to form the inferior vena cava.

(Common Iliac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel running parallel to the internal iliac artery that joins with the external iliac vein to drain blood into the common iliac vein from the pelvic organs as well as the inner thigh.

(Internal Iliac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)