Internal iliac vein

Internal iliac vein
Internal iliac vein
	The veins of the right half of the male pelvis.
	The iliac veins. (Int. iliac visible at center.)
Details
Drains from	Pelvic viscera
Source	Internal pudendal vein, middle rectal vein, vesical vein, uterine vein, obturator vein, inferior gluteal vein, superior gluteal vein
Drains to	Common iliac vein
Artery	Internal iliac artery
Identifiers
Latin	vena iliaca interna, ; vena hypogastrica
TA98	A12.3.10.004
TA2	5024
FMA	18884
	Anatomical terminology

The internal iliac vein (hypogastric vein) begins near the upper part of the greater sciatic foramen, passes upward behind and slightly medial to the internal iliac artery and, at the brim of the pelvis, joins with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein.