ILIOLUMBAR ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iliolumbar artery mean? 

• ILIOLUMBAR ARTERY (noun)
  The noun ILIOLUMBAR ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. an artery that originates in the internal iliac artery and supplies the pelvic muscles and bones

  Familiarity information: ILIOLUMBAR ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ILIOLUMBAR ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An artery that originates in the internal iliac artery and supplies the pelvic muscles and bones

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arteria iliolumbalis; iliolumbar artery

Hypernyms ("iliolumbar artery" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

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)