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Definition of Iliac vein

1. Noun. One of three veins draining the pelvic area.

Medical Definition of Iliac vein

1. 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. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iliac Vein

Literary usage of Iliac vein

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

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"The External iliac vein commences at the termination of the femoral, beneath the crural arch, and, passing upward along the brim of the pelvis, ..."

2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"The tributaries of the internal iliac vein correspond in general to the various branches of the internal iliac artery, with the exception that the internal ..."

3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"Each common iliac vein is formed by the junction of the external iliac vein and ... The common iliac vein of each side is joined by the itio- lumbar vein. ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The external iliac vein (v. iliaca externa) (Figs. ... The external iliac vein receives the deep epigastric, deep circumflex iliac, and pubic veins. ..."

5. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1915)
"It followed the course of the inferior renal artery and emptied into the external iliac vein at the point where the latter united with the hypogastric. ..."

6. The Comparative anatomy of the domesticated animals by Auguste Chauveau (1887)
"External iliac vein. This vein constitutes the principal root of the pelvi-crural ... Situated behind the crural arterial trunk, this external iliac vein ..."

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