Common iliac vein

The common iliac vein is a pair of veins in the lower abdomen . It arises from the confluence of the external iliac vein and internal iliac vein and its connection to the inferior vena cava .

Location of the common iliac vein

The common iliac vein draws, along with the same artery , from the level of the sacroiliac joint upwards towards the middle of the body, where they together with the vein of the other side usually at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebral body , the inferior vena cava forms.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on the common iliac vein in the Flexikon , a Wiki of the DocCheck company
2. ↑ Vocabulary of Macroscopic Anatomy, Editor & Copyright Dr. med. H. Jastrow
3. ↑ Willibald Pschyrembel : Clinical Dictionary , 266th, updated edition, de Gruyter, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-11-033997-0 , keyword Vena iliaca communis
4. ^ Roche Lexicon Medicine