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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The iliac artery takes blood to the lower limbs.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
There’s also a blood vessel in the pelvic region called the common iliac artery.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2014
Both the uterine arteries and vaginal arteries, which distribute blood to the vagina, are branches of the internal iliac artery.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Doctors also bypass blockages by grafting sections of an abdominal artery around narrowed branches of the iliac artery that lead to the penis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Heath had a case of injury to the external iliac artery from external violence, with subsequent obliteration of the vessel.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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