Sentences with phrase «called iliac»

Children have round and underdeveloped hip bones, also called iliac crest, which means seat belt will slide up on abdomen in a collision unless a booster is used.

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The split where the aorta becomes the left and right iliac arteries is called the saddle.

Vessels commonly blocked include arteries in the lungs, which cause rapid breathing or panting, rapid heart rate and high body temperature, and the iliac arteries (which supply the back legs), which causes a blockage called a saddle thrombus, with sudden paralysis of the rear limbs.