The branches of anterior division of internal iliacartery include all except
A. lnternalpudendalB. Superior gluteal
C. Uterined.
D. Obturator
The answer is B.
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Internal iliac artery arises at the bifurcation of the common iliac, artery,
Opposite the lumbosacral joint (L5/S1 intervertebral disc)
Division Branch
Division Branch
Posterior
Iliac artery
· Superior gluteal
artery
· Iliolumbar artery
· Lateral sacral
arteries
Anterior Iliac
Artery-
about 8 branches
· Obturator artery
(occasionally from inferior epigastric artery)
· Inferior gluteal
artery
· Umbilical artery,
which later persist as superior vesical artery (remaining artery becomes medial
umbilical ligament).
· Uterine artery
(females) or deferential artery (males) Vaginal artery (females, can also arise
from uterine artery) or inferior vesical artery (males)
· Middle rectal
artery
· Internal pudendal
artery
· Artery of the
perineum
· Accessory
obturator artery: The obturator artery sometimes arises from the main stem or
from the posterior trunk of the internal iliac, or it may spring from the
superior gluteal artery; occasionally it arises from the external iliac.