iliac artery
Americannoun
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Also called common iliac artery. either of two large arteries that conduct blood to the pelvis and the legs.
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Also called external iliac artery. the outer branch of an iliac artery that becomes the femoral artery.
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Also called hypogastric artery, internal iliac artery. the inner branch of an iliac artery that conducts blood to the gluteal region.
Etymology
Origin of iliac artery
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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There’s also a blood vessel in the pelvic region called the common iliac artery.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2014
Each internal iliac artery sends branches to the urinary bladder, the walls of the pelvis, the external genitalia, and the medial portion of the femoral region.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The aorta divides at approximately the level of vertebra L4 into a left and a right common iliac artery but continues as a small vessel, the median sacral artery, into the sacrum.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Its shorter branch was joined to the right iliac artery, and a longer branch on the left extended down into the thigh.
From Time Magazine Archive
I can hardly believe that I am the same man who tied the external iliac artery, an operation requiring the nicest precision, under a heavy rifle fire at Antietam.
From The Captain of the Polestar by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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