EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does external iliac artery mean? 

• EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY (noun)
  The noun EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY has 1 sense:

1. the outer branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body; becomes the femoral artery

  Familiarity information: EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The outer branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body; becomes the femoral artery

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("external iliac artery" is a kind of...):

arteria iliaca; iliac artery (one of the large arteries supplying blood to the pelvis and legs)

 Context examples 

Any artery arising from the external iliac artery.

(External Iliac Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)

A lymph node located along the external iliac artery.

(External Iliac Lymph Node, NCI Thesaurus)

An external iliac artery branch that supplies blood to the anterior abdominal wall.

(Epigastric Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The external iliac artery becomes the femoral artery and is the main blood supply for the leg.

(External Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the external iliac artery with three branches, cremasteric, muscular and pubic, which supply oxygenated blood to the lower abdomen.

(Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel that arises from the external iliac artery to supply the muscles and skin of the lower torso with oxygenated blood.

(Deep Circumflex Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The main artery of the thigh, a continuation of the external iliac artery.

(Femoral Artery, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A vein in the lower torso accompanying the external iliac artery that connects the femoral vein with the common iliac vein.

(External Iliac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery arising from the external iliac artery at the inguinal ligament which bifurcates forming the deep and superficial femoral arteries.

(Common Femoral Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A blood vessel arising from the external iliac artery with many smaller branches that connects to the superior epigastric artery and lower intercostal arteries.

(Inferior Epigastric Artery, NCI Thesaurus)