Cardiovascular system
External iliac vein
Vena iliaca externa
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Common iliac vein
DescriptionUnreviewed
The external iliac veins are large veins that connect the femoral veins to the common iliac veins.
Their origin is at the inferior margin of the inguinal ligaments and they terminate when they join the internal iliac veins (to form the common iliac veins). Both external iliac veins are accompanied along their course by external iliac arteries.
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Parts
Names
- Latin
- Vena iliaca externa
- English
- External iliac vein
- French
- Veine iliaque externe
- Spanish
- Vena iliaca externa
- Portuguese
- Veia ilíaca externa