part of part of in lateral side of Homo sapiens inferior vena cava common iliac vein https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/blood-vasculature-female/v1.3/assets/3d-vh-f-blood-vasculature.glb https://cdn.humanatlas.io/digital-objects/ref-organ/blood-vasculature-male/v1.3/assets/3d-vh-m-blood-vasculature.glb https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Iliac_veins.gif vena iliaca communis UBERON:0001139 A vein that drains the pelvis and lower limbs into the inferior vena cava. NCIT:C32359 common iliac venous tree FMA:14333 SCTID:181398004 In human anatomy, the common iliac veins are formed by the external iliac veins and internal iliac veins and together, in the abdomen at the level of the fifth lumbar vertebrae, form the inferior vena cava. They drain blood from the pelvis and lower limbs. Both common iliac veins are accompanied along their course by common iliac arteries. galen:CommonIliacVein EMAPA:17874 UMLS:C0226758 Wikipedia:Common_iliac_vein MA:0002143 iliac vein lateral structure