4.1 Pelvic Arteries Only (K. Tong) Flashcards
From which vessel do the gonadal arteries arise?
The aorta.
What are the branches the posterior division of the internal iliac artery?
Iliolumbar artery.
Lateral sacral arteries.
Superior gluteal arteries.
What are the branches of the internal pudendal artery in males?
Inferior rectal artery.
Perineal artery (-> posterior scrotal artery).
Artery of the bulb of the penis.
Deep artery of the penis.
Dorsal artery of the penis.
What are the branches of the anterior division of the internal iliac artery in females?
Umbilical and superior vesical arteries.
Middle rectal artery.
Obturator artery.
Internal pudendal artery.
Inferior gluteal artery.
Uterine artery.
Vaginal artery.
From what vessel does the superior rectal artery arise?
The inferior mesenteric artery.
From what vessel does the uterine artery arise?
The anterior division of the internal iliac artery.
Where to the superior rectal, middle rectal, and inferior rectal arteries come from respectively?
Inferior mesenteric artery -> superior rectal artery.
Anterior division of the internal iliac artery -> middle rectal artery.
Internal pudendal artery -> inferior rectal artery.
Which two arteries exit below the piriformis muscle and exit the greater sciatic foramen?
The inferior gluteal artery and the internal pudendal artery.
What are the branches of the anterior division of the internal iliac artery in males?
Umbilical and superior vesical arteries.
Inferior vesical artery.
Middle rectal artery.
Obturator artery.
Internal pudendal artery.
Inferior gluteal artery.
Inferior vesical A.
Artery to the ductus deferens.
In females, which arteries wrap around the ureter in the lesser pelvis?
The uterine arteries.
What branches of the aorta are relevant to this class?
Ovarian and testicular arteries.
Middle sacral artery.
Inferior mesenteric artery (-> superior rectal artery).
Common iliac artery.
What two surgeries on females might damage the ureter?
Ligation of the uterine artery.
Oophorectomy.
Which four arteries enter the lesser pelvis in both males and females?
Which two arteries enter the lesser pelvis in females only?
Paired internal iliac arteries. (2)
Median sacral artery.
Superior rectal artery.
Females also have the paired uterine arteries. (2)
In the female, what are the branches of the internal pudendal artery?
Inferior rectal artery.
Perineal artery (-> posterior labial artery).
Artery of the vestibule of the vagina.
Deep artery of the clitoris.
Dorsal artery of the clitoris.
From what vessel does the obturator artery arise?
The anterior division of the internal iliac artery.
