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Iliolumbar vein

Iliolumbar vein
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The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Iliolumbar vein visible at center right.)
Details
Drains to

common iliac vein

Artery = iliolumbar artery
Identifiers
Latin vena iliolumbalis
Dorlands
/Elsevier
v_05/12850561
TA A12.3.10.003
FMA 18902
Anatomical terminology
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common iliac vein

The iliolumbar vein is the vena comitans of the iliolumbar artery.

The obturator nerve crosses superficial to it.

A single vein is found more commonly than a double vein.

It drains vertebral segments four and five.

It is closely related to the ascending lumbar vein.



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