Definition of Hypogastric vein

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

Exact synonyms: Internal Iliac Vein
Generic synonyms: Iliac Vein, Vena Iliaca

Medical Definition of Hypogastric vein

1. An obsolete term for internal iliac vein. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypogastric Vein

hypogalactia
hypogalactous
hypogammaglobulinaemias
hypogammaglobulinemia
hypogammaglobulinemias
hypogamy
hypoganglionosis
hypogastric
hypogastric artery
hypogastric ganglia
hypogastric nerve
hypogastric plexus
hypogastric reflex
hypogastric vein (current term)
hypogastrium
hypogastrocele
hypogastropagus
hypogea
hypogeal
hypogean
hypogee
hypogees
hypogene
hypogeneses
hypogenetic
hypogenic

Literary usage of Hypogastric vein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The hypogastric vein (r. ... joins the common iliac vein, the tributaries of the hypogastric vein correspond with the branches of the hypogastric artery. ..."

2. The London Medical Gazette (1843)
"From the commencement of the branches of this plexus of the hypogastric vein to the termination of this vein in the iliac, the whole had become thickened, ..."

3. Anatomy of the Human Body by Henry Gray (1918)
"The hypogastric vein (v. ... joins the common iliac vein, the tributaries of the hypogastric vein correspond with the branches of the hypogastric artery. ..."

4. A Junior Course of Practical Zoology by Arthur Milnes Marshall, Charles Herbert Hurst (1888)
"The hypogastric vein, on each side, receives the internal iliac vein from the inner surface of the pelvic cavity, and enters the kidney at its posterior end ..."

5. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1829)
"C. Right hypogastric vein. D. Left ditto. E. Left common iliac vein. F. External iliac ditto. G. Femoral vein. PLATE VII, Shews the morbid appearances in ..."

6. A Laboratory Manual of Human Anatomy by Lewellys Franklin Barker, Dean De Witt Lewis, Daniel Graisberry Revell (1904)
"Other branches of the hypogastric vein may be worked out later when the pelvis is dissected. Lymphatics. Dissect out the different lymph-glands; ..."

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