iliac
IPA: ˈɪɫiæk
adjective
- Relating to the ilium.
- Relating to ancient Ilium, or Troy.
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Examples of "iliac" in Sentences
- Iliac branch of iliolumbar artery.
- Left iliac crest is labeled in red.
- Superficial iliac circumflex artery.
- L4 is at highest point of iliac crest.
- Risks for grafts from the iliac crest.
- Significant tributaries of the external iliac vein.
- Iliacus originates in the Iliac fossa of the pelvis.
- The iliacus originates on the iliac fossa of the ilium.
- The following are the branches of internal iliac artery.
- The origin of the iliotibial tract is the iliac tubercle.
- The bone marrow was taken from the top of the pelvic bone, an area called the iliac crest.
- Most athletes suffering from IE see constriction in their exterior artery, but he had it in both the exterior and common iliac.
- The right common iliac is shorter than the left, nearly vertical in its direction, and ascends behind and then lateral to its corresponding artery.
- He had one daughter, and there his hopes of posterity ended; for soon afterward his wife died of a violent illness which the doctors called iliac passion.
- Dr. Leibel recommends locating the "bony landmarks" -- the last rib and the top of the hipbone (also known as the iliac crest) -- and measuring halfway in between.
- The lengths of the common iliac and hypogastric arteries bear an inverse proportion to each other, the hypogastric artery being long when the common iliac is short, and vice versa.
- The posterior portion, known as the iliac tuberosity, is elevated and rough, for the attachment of the posterior sacroiliac ligaments and for the origins of the Sacrospinalis and Multifidus.
- Just below the line of the iliac crest, especially marked in fat subjects, is a shallow groove termed the iliac furrow, while in the site of the inguinal ligament a sharper fold known as the fold of the groin is easily distinguishable.
- When the pus forms in front of the joint, it may spread laterally in the iliac fossa as an _iliac abscess_ or may gravitate downwards in the hollow of the sacrum and emerge on the buttock through the sacro-sciatic foramen -- _sub-gluteal abscess_.
- It presents a large, smooth, concave surface, called the iliac fossa, which gives origin to the Iliacus and is perforated at its inner part by a nutrient canal; and below this a smooth, rounded border, the arcuate line, which runs downward, forward, and medialward.