Anatomy - Pelvic Lateral Wall and Pelvic Mass

Question 1

What supplies the majority of the pelvis?

Answer 1

internal iliac artery

Question 2

What does the common iliac artery branch in to?

Answer 2

external and internal iliac arteries

Question 3

What arteries does the internal iliac artery divide into - posterior division?

Answer 3

iliolumbar
lateral sacral
gluteal - inferior and superior

Question 4

What arteries does the internal iliac artery divide into - anterior division?

Answer 4

pudendal
inferior vesical (uterine in F)
middle rectal 
vaginal 
obturator 
umbilical

Question 5

What are the exceptions to the internal iliac artery supplying the majority of the pelvis?

Answer 5

gonadal arteries (testicular and ovarian) - branches of abdominal aorta L2

superior rectal - branch of inferior mesenteric artery

Question 6

What is the pneumonic to remember branches of the internal iliac artery?

Answer 6

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Question 7

What is the venous drainage of the pelvis?

Answer 7

internal iliac vein
into common iliac into IVC

gonadal veins
L - renal vein
R - straight into IVC

Question 8

What is the lymphatic drainage of the scrotum?

Answer 8

deep inguinal nodes

Question 9

What is the lymphatic drainage of the ovary?

Answer 9

para aortic nodes