See Also: vena iliaca externa(medicine)
vena iliaca interna(medicine)
vena iliaca communis(medicine)
vena circumflexa iliaca profunda(medicine)
vena circumflexa iliaca superficialis(medicine)
quillet(2)(dictionary)
quillet(3)(dictionary)
quillet(1)(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
tuberositas iliaca(medicine)

vena iliaca communis (medicine) and quillet(3) (iou)


vena iliaca communis (medicine)


vena iliaca communis -->
common iliac vein
<anatomy, vein> Formed by the union of the external and internal iliac veins at the brim of the pelvis and passes upward behind the internal iliac artery to the right side of the body of the fifth lumbar vertebra where it unites with its fellow of the opposite side to form the inferior vena cava; the left common iliac vein is submitted to a pulsating compression by the right common iliac artery against the vertebral column which may result in partial obstruction of the vein.

Synonym: vena iliaca communis.


quillet(3) (iou)



quillet noun3. L19.
[from QUILL noun1 + -ET1.]
(A thing resembling) a small quill.