- Iliolumbar vein
Infobox Vein
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Latin = vena iliolumbalis
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Caption = The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Iliolumbar vein visible at center right.)
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DrainsTo =internal iliac vein
Artery =iliolumbar artery
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The iliolumbar vein is thevena comitans of theiliolumbar artery .The
obturator nerve crosses superficial to it.cite book |author=Vaccaro, Alexander R. |title=Complications Of Pediatric And Adult Spinal Surgery |publisher=Marcel Dekker |location=New York, N.Y |year= |pages=135 |isbn=0-8247-5421-2 |oclc= |doi=]A single vein is found more commonly than a double vein.cite journal |author=Jasani V, Jaffray D |title=The anatomy of the iliolumbar vein. A cadaver study |journal=The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume |volume=84 |issue=7 |pages=1046–9 |year=2002 |pmid=12358370 |doi=]
It drains vertebral segments four and five.cite journal |author=Hamid M, Toussaint PJ, Delmas V, Gillot C, Coutaux A, Plaisant O |title=Anatomical and radiological evidence for the iliolumbar vein as an inferior lumbar venous system |journal=Clinical anatomy (New York, N.Y.) |volume=20 |issue=5 |pages=545–52 |year=2007 |pmid=17373712 |doi=10.1002/ca.20489]
It is closely related to the
ascending lumbar vein . ]References
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