Cardiovascular system
Common iliac vein
Vena iliaca communis
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Inferior vena cava (abdominal part)
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In human anatomy, the common iliac veins are formed by the external iliac veins and internal iliac veins.
The left and right common iliac veins come together in the abdomen at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra, forming the inferior vena cava.
They drain blood from the pelvis and lower limbs. Both common iliac veins are accompanied along their course by common iliac arteries.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Vena iliaca communis
- English
- Common iliac vein
- French
- Veine iliaque commune
- Spanish
- Vena iliaca común
- Portuguese
- Veia ilíaca comum