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  2. External iliac artery - Wikipedia

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    Goes upward to anastomose with superior epigastric artery (a branch of internal thoracic artery). Deep circumflex iliac artery: Goes laterally, travelling along the iliac crest of the pelvic bone. Femoral artery [3] Terminal branch. When the external iliac artery passes posterior to the inguinal ligament, its name changes to femoral artery.

  3. Internal iliac artery - Wikipedia

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    The internal iliac artery supplies the walls and viscera of the pelvis, the buttock, the reproductive organs, and the medial compartment of the thigh. The vesicular branches of the internal iliac arteries supply the bladder. [1] It is a short, thick vessel, smaller than the external iliac artery, and about 3 to 4 cm in length.

  4. Common iliac artery - Wikipedia

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    The common iliac artery is a large artery of the abdomen paired on each side. It originates from the aortic bifurcation at the level of the 4th lumbar vertebra.It ends in front of the sacroiliac joint, one on either side, and each bifurcates into the external and internal iliac arteries.

  5. Iliac artery - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the iliac arteries are three arteries located in the region of the ilium in the pelvis: . Common iliac artery – forms at terminus of the aorta; External iliac artery – forms where the common iliac artery bifurcates, continues as the femoral artery at the inguinal ligament

  6. List of arteries of the human body - Wikipedia

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    The radial artery; The ulnar artery; The arteries of the trunk The descending aorta. The thoracic aorta; The abdominal aorta; The common iliac arteries The hypogastric artery; The external iliac artery; The arteries of the lower extremity The femoral artery; The popliteal artery; The anterior tibial artery; The arteria dorsalis pedis; The ...

  7. Iliolumbar artery - Wikipedia

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    The iliolumbar artery is the first branch of the posterior trunk of the internal iliac artery. [1] It turns upward behind the obturator nerve and the external iliac artery and vein, to the medial border of the psoas major muscle, behind which it divides into: Lumbar branch of iliolumbar artery; Iliac branch of iliolumbar artery

  8. Superior gluteal artery - Wikipedia

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    The superficial branch passes over the piriformis muscle. [2] It enters the deep surface of the gluteus maximus muscle, and divides into numerous branches. [2] Some branches supply the muscle and anastomose with the inferior gluteal artery, while others perforate its tendinous origin, and supply the integument covering the posterior surface of the sacrum, anastomosing with the posterior ...

  9. External iliac vein - Wikipedia

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    The left external iliac vein remains medial to the artery along its whole path. The right external iliac vein is medial to the artery, but as it ascends, it runs posterior to it. [2] The external iliac vein is crossed by the ureter and internal iliac artery which both extend towards the middle. In males it is crossed by the vas deferens and in ...