Common iliac artery in Thais.

ABSTRACT

From the dissection of 327 adult Thai cadavers the beginning, the sites of the ending and the length of the common iliac artery were recorded. The common three out of seven sites of the beginning which were anterior to the following structures respectively were the body of the 4th lumbar vertebra (45.6%), the intervertebral disc between the 4th and the 5th lumbar vertebrae (28.7%) and the body of the 5th lumbar vertebra (21.7%). From seven sites of ending, the first three common were anterior to the following structures respectively the ala of the sacrum (44.0%), the body of the 5th lumbar vertebra (27.1%), and the intervertebral disc between the 5th lumbar vertebra and the sacrum (17.0%). The average length of the common iliac artery was 4.7 cm.