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unite in front of the sacroiliac joint to form the common iliac veins. Both common iliac veins ascend to form the inferior vena cava behind the right common iliac artery at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebra.
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The vena cava is to the right of the midline and therefore the left common iliac vein is longer than the right. The left common iliac vein occasionally travels upwards to the left of the
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and the formation of venous spurs and webs. This can lead to narrowing of the vein and cause persistent unilateral leg swelling, contributing to
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209:Anatomical terminology
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332:inflammatory response
312:Clinical significance
266:common iliac arteries
247:fifth lumbar vertebra
137:Common iliac arteries
965:right gastroepiploic
668:pampiniform plexus ♂
377:on December 22, 2009
321:May–Thurner syndrome
292:to the level of the
245:at the level of the
239:internal iliac veins
235:external iliac veins
154:vena iliaca communis
115:internal iliac veins
111:External iliac veins
970:pancreaticoduodenal
957:Superior mesenteric
935:inferior mesenteric
925:left gastroepiploic
874:inferior epigastric
810:posterior scrotal ♂
796:prostatic plexus ♂
367:Henry Gray (1918),
282:internal iliac vein
278:external iliac vein
59:internal iliac vein
55:external iliac vein
1062:Veins of the torso
705:median sacral vein
306:median sacral vein
251:inferior vena cava
233:are formed by the
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261:and lower limbs.
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83:sympathetic trunk
51:common iliac vein
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897:Portal vein
845:vestibule ♀
326:Continuous
143:Identifiers
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945:left colic
930:pancreatic
805:clitoris ♀
734:iliolumbar
725:posterior:
644:suprarenal
354:References
298:renal vein
43:lower limb
1067:Angiology
995:ileocolic
774:uterine ♀
769:obturator
755:anterior:
659:ovarian ♀
589:subcostal
515:March 24,
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328:pulsation
272:Structure
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814:labial ♀
698:Unpaired
606:Systemic
381:June 15,
344:fibrosis
340:collagen
1072:Anatomy
975:jejunal
912:Splenic
786:vesical
654:gonadal
627:hepatic
562:abdomen
560:of the
336:elastin
243:abdomen
166:D007084
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1018:cystic
1011:Direct
902:Portal
675:lumbar
577:system
575:azygos
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259:pelvis
229:, the
132:Artery
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1077:Veins
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649:renal
558:Veins
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255:blood
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564:and
517:2018
504:ISBN
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