ILIAC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iliac vein mean? 

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

1. one of three veins draining the pelvic area

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILIAC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of three veins draining the pelvic area

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

iliac vein; vena iliaca

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

vein; vena; venous blood vessel (a blood vessel that carries blood from the capillaries toward the heart)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "iliac vein"):

hypogastric vein; internal iliac vein (a vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein)

external iliac vein (a continuation of the femoral vein; unites with the internal iliac vein to form the common iliac vein)

common iliac vein (formed by the internal and external iliac veins; unites with its fellow from the opposite side of the body to form the inferior vena cava)

 Context examples 

Any of the three veins including the common, external and internal iliac veins.

(Iliac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel running parallel to the iliolumbar artery connected to the deep circumflex iliac and lumbar veins that drains into the internal iliac vein.

(Iliolumbar Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

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)

A vein in the lower torso accompanying the external iliac artery that connects the femoral vein with the common iliac vein.

(External Iliac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

A vein that drains the hip joint, obturator, and adductor muscles of the thigh into the internal iliac vein.

(Obturator Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

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 vein on either side of the body which is formed by the union of the external and internal iliac veins and passes upward to join with its fellow of the opposite side to form the inferior vena cava.

(Iliac Vein, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

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)