common iliac vein in dogs
A vein that drains the pelvis and lower limbs into the inferior vena cava. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.
What the common iliac vein is
A vein that drains the pelvis and lower limbs into the inferior vena cava. The atlas records it as a vein at the organ scale in the dog.
Where the common iliac vein is
It sits within the cardiovascular system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What the common iliac vein connects to
The atlas records 8 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of anatomical entity and inferior vena cava.
Supply and innervation
This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the common iliac vein. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.
Also called
Also recorded as common iliac venous tree and vena iliaca communis. Searching any of those names reaches this page.
Source
Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001139, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.
- Part of: anatomical entity and inferior vena cava.
- A kind of: anatomical structure and iliac vein.
- Connected to: external iliac vein, iliolumbar vein and internal iliac vein.
- Drains: pectoral complex.
Questions
Where is the common iliac vein?
It sits within the cardiovascular system. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.
What does the common iliac vein connect to?
Part of: anatomical entity and inferior vena cava.
Is the common iliac vein the same in other species?
This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.