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COMMON ILIAC ARTERY [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
CONT

The abdominal aorta divides, on the left side of the body of the fourth lumbar vertebra, into the two common iliac arteries. Each is about 5 cm in length. They diverge from the termination of the aorta, pass downward and lateralward, and divide, opposite the intervertebral fibrocartilage between the last lumbar vertebra and the sacrum, into two branches, the external iliac and hypogastric arteries; the former supplies the lower extremity; the latter, the viscera and parietes of the pelvis.

Key term(s)
  • arteria iliaca communis
  • common iliac artery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
CONT

L'aorte abdominale bifurque à la hauteur de L4 L5 en 2 artères iliaques primitives droite et gauche.

OBS

Ancienne nomenclature : artère illiaque primitive.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Redes vasculares (Medicina)
DEF

Una de las dos ramas terminales de la aorta abdominal; opuesta a la articulación lumbosacra, se convierte en la ilíaca interna, dando también la ilíaca externa.

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