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ILIAC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the ilium
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
Pertainym:
ilium (the upper and widest of the three bones making up the hipbone)
Context examples:
A triangular muscle within the iliac fossa that flexes the thigh and rotates the leg medially.
(Iliacus, NCI Thesaurus)
An artery arising from the bifurcation of the common iliac artery in the lower torso.
(External Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by fingernail deformities, absence or hypoplasia of the patellae, iliac horns, deformities of the radial heads, nephropathy, and glaucoma.
(Nail-Patella Syndrome, 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)
Any artery arising from the common iliac artery.
(Common Iliac Artery Branch, NCI Thesaurus)
One of two (deep circumflex and superficial circumflex) iliac arteries that supply the lower abdomen, inguinal lymph nodes, sartorius, and tensor fasciae latae.
(Circumflex Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
A lymph node located adjacent to the common iliac artery.
(Common Iliac Lymph Node, 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)
An artery arising from the anterior or posterior trunk of the internal iliac artery that supplies the ilium and pubic bones as well as the obturator and adductor muscles.
(Obturator Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
An artery arising from the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta which then bifurcates forming the internal and external iliac arteries.
(Common Iliac Artery, NCI Thesaurus)
