INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internal iliac artery mean? 

• INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY (noun)
  The noun INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. 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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hypogastric artery; internal iliac artery

Hypernyms ("internal iliac artery" is a kind of...):

arteria iliaca; iliac artery (one of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs)

 Context examples 

A lymph node located along the internal iliac artery.

(Internal Iliac Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

Any artery arising from the internal iliac artery.

(Internal Iliac Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the anterior side of the internal iliac artery that supplies the base of the bladder, prostate gland and seminal vesicles.

(Inferior Vesical Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the internal iliac artery that supplies blood to the pelvic muscles and bones.

(Iliolumbar Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the anterior or posterior trunk of the internal iliac artery that supplies the ilium and pubic bones as well as the obturator and adductor muscles.

(Obturator Artery, 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)