INTERNAL ILIAC VEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internal iliac vein mean? 

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

1. a vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNAL ILIAC VEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vein that unites with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

hypogastric vein; internal iliac vein

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

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

 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)

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

(Obturator 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)