external iliac artery
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- /ɪkˈstɜrnəl ˈɪliæk ˈɑrteri/
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arteria ilíaca externa
- An injury to the external iliac artery can lead to severe complications due to its role in blood circulation.
Examples
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During the examination, the doctor explained how the external iliac artery supplies blood to the lower limbs.
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The surgeon carefully repaired the damaged external iliac artery during the procedure to restore blood flow.
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The external iliac artery and uterine artery, located medial to it, were identified using color flow settings.
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Morphology
The term is fully compositional: 'external' (outer), 'iliac' (relating to the pelvic/ilium bone), and 'artery' (a blood vessel) together denote an artery located on the outer side of the iliac/pelvic region. Anatomical naming is regular and cross-linguistically similar, so a learner who knows the constituent words can infer the meaning.
Etymology
External iliac artery The term external iliac artery comes from its parts: an artery is a 'blood vessel', iliac points to the hip area, and external shows it goes out toward the leg. So the name explains why it is the main artery leaving the pelvis to supply the leg.