Kalmar "arteria iliaca" kalma ce ta Latin da ke nufin jijiyar iliac, wanda shine babban jigon jini a cikin jikin mutum wanda ke ba da jinin oxygen zuwa ƙashin ƙugu, ƙananan ciki, da ƙafafu. Akwai jijiyoyin iliac guda biyu a cikin jiki - jijiyar iliac na dama da jijiyar iliac na hagu. Jijiyoyin iliac suna tasowa daga cikin aorta da reshe zuwa cikin ƙananan arteries da yawa waɗanda ke ba da jini ga gabobin jiki daban-daban da kyallen takarda a cikin ƙananan sassan jiki.