External iliac vein
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| Vein: External iliac vein | |
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| Veins of the abdomen and lower limb - inferior vena cava, common iliac vein, external iliac vein, internal iliac vein, femoral vein and their tributaries. The aorta and its bifurcation (unlabeled) appear in red. | |
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| The relations of the femoral and abdominal inguinal rings, seen from within the abdomen. Right side. (External iliac vein is large vein at center.) | |
| Latin | vena iliaca externa |
| Gray's | subject #173 672 |
| Source | femoral veins |
| Drains to | common iliac vein |
| Artery | external iliac arteries |
| Dorlands / Elsevier | v_05/12850548 |
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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.
Significant tributaries of the external iliac vein
The inferior epigastric veins drain into the external iliac veins.
External links
- Gray's s157 - "The arteries of the lower extremity"
- Gray's s173 - "The veins of the lower extremity, abdomen, and pelvis"
- Norman/Georgetown pelvis (pelvicarteries)
Additional images
 Diagram showing completion of development of the parietal veins. |
 The arteries of the pelvis. |
 The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. |
 The spermatic cord in the inguinal canal. |
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