Anatomy

Question 1

Branches of iliac arteries

Answer 1

Abdominal aorta –> common iliac artery –> internal and external iliac arteries

Branches of internal iliac artery:
Anterior trunk - 7 branches 
- Umbilical --> superior vesical
- Obturator
- Inferior vesical / Vaginal
- Middle rectal
- Internal pudendal
- Inferior gluteal
- Uterine

Posterior trunk - 3 branches

• Iliolumbar
• Lateral sacral
• Superior gluteal

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I: ileolumbar
L: lateral sacral
G: gluteal (superior and inferior)
P: pudendal (internal pudendal)
I: inferior vesical (uterine? - actually vaginal in females, inferior vesical in males)
M: middle rectal
V: vaginal
O: obturator
U: umbilical