Branches of the internal iliac artery

Question 1

What branches of the IIA provide arterial supply to the bladder in men and women

Answer 1

Men

Superior part -> superior vesicle a

Inferior part -> inferior vescile a

Women

Superior -> superior vesicle a

Inferior part -> vaginal a

Question 2

What are the only 2 arteries that innervate the pelvic organs and perineum that don’t branch from the IIA

Answer 2

Gonadal (testicular and ovarian)

Superior rectal

Question 3

What are the 5 branches of the IIA

Answer 3

Vesicle

Rectal (only middle and inferior)

Internal pudendeal

Obturator

Uterine

Question 4

What artery is a branch of the internal pudendal

Answer 4

Penile a

Question 5

What artery is a branch of the uterine

Answer 5

vaginal

Question 6

What artery supplies the seminal vesciles, prostae and bladder (all in males and only superior in females)

Answer 6

Vesicle

Question 7

What artery supplies the uterus and vagina

Answer 7

Uterine a

Obvs the vagina via its vaginal a

Question 8

What artery supplies the perineum and penis

Answer 8

Internal pudendal

Obvs the penis via its penile branch

Question 9

What artery supplies the pelvic muscles, ilium and head of femur

Answer 9

Obturatror artery

Question 10

What artery supples the middle and inferior parts of the rectum

Answer 10

Inferior and middle rectal a’s

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