Pelvic Limb Vessels

Question 1

Iliolumbar artery

Answer 1

Courses cranial to wing of ilium

Branch of caudal gluteal artery

Supplies Psoas minor iliopsoas, sartorius, tensor fasciae latae, middle gluteal muscles

Question 2

Cranial gluteal artery

Answer 2

Courses caudal to wing of ilium across greater ischiatic notch

Supplies middle and deep gluteal muscles

Question 3

Medial circumflex femoral artery

Answer 3

Passes through vascular lacuna
Branch of deep femoral

Supplies adductor, vastus medialis, obturator, semimembrabosus muscles and hip joint capsule

Question 4

Branch of medial circumflex femoral artery

Answer 4

Obturator artery

Question 5

Distal caudal femoral artery

Answer 5

Supplies biceps femoris, semimembranosus, semitendinosus, gastrocnemius, digital flexor muscles

Branch of femoral artery

Question 6

Popliteal artery

Answer 6

Supplies stifle gastrocnemius popliteal muscles

Courses between two heads of gastrocnemius over the flexor surface of the stifle and through the popliteal notch of tibia

Question 7

Cranial tibial

Answer 7

Supplies peroneus longus, long digital extensor, cranial tibial muscles

Courses between tibia and fibula

Located near tibia between cranial tibial and long digital extensor muscles

Question 8

Dorsal pedal artery

Answer 8

Supplies tarsus