Cardiovascular system
Common iliac artery
Arteria iliaca communis
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Aortic bifurcation
DescriptionUnreviewed
The common iliac artery is a large artery of the abdomen paired on each side.
It originats from the aortic bifurcation at the level of the 4th lumbar vertebra.
It ends in front of the sacroiliac joint, one on either side, and each bifurcates into the external and internal iliac arteries.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Arteria iliaca communis
- English
- Common iliac artery
- French
- Artère iliaque commune
- Spanish
- Arteria ilíaca común
- Portuguese
- Artéria ilíaca comum