Tributaries
With the exception of the fetal umbilical vein which passes upward and backward from the umbilicus to the liver, and the iliolumbar vein which usually joins the common iliac vein, the tributaries of the Internal Iliac vein correspond with the branches of the Internal iliac artery.
| Receives | Description |
| gluteal vein internal pudendal vein obturator veins |
have their origins outside the pelvis; |
| lateral sacral veins | lie in front of the sacrum |
| middle hemorrhoidal vein vesical vein uterine vein vaginal veins |
originate in venous plexuses connected with the pelvic viscera. |
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