connected to vessel drains blood from common iliac vein external iliac vein EHDAA2:0000464 NCIT:C32560 FMA:18883 Wikipedia:External_iliac_vein UBERON:0001316 A large vein that connects the femoral vein to the common iliac vein. Their origin is at the inferior margin of the inguinal ligaments and they terminate when they join the internal iliac veins (to form the common iliac veins). Both external iliac veins are accompanied along their course by external iliac arteries. [WP,modified]. MA:0002144 galen:ExternalIliacVein SCTID:181400000 vena iliaca externa hindlimb iliac vein