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Synonyms: crest of the ilium, hip bones. The iliac crest is the upper border of the wing of the ilium, the outer and upper margin of the pelvic girdle. It runs from the anterior superior iliac spine to the posterior superior iliac spine. It has an inner and outer lip. There is an iliac tubercle on the widest point of the iliac crest.
It is formed by the union of the two common iliac veins at L5, ascends to the right of the aorta, traverses the central tendon of the diaphragm, and empties into the right atrium. Its usual tributaries are the common iliac, gonadal, renal, suprarenal, inferior phrenic, lumbar, and hepatic veins.