Week 7: Pelvic+Perineal Vasculature

Question 1

Answer 1

Structure: Iliolumbar artery (orange), It comes off the Post. trunk of Int. iliac artery.

Iliolumbar vein (blue), it drains psoas maj. into IVC (inferior vena cava

Question 2

Answer 2

Structure: Lateral Sacral artery, comes off internal iliac artery, supplies sacral canal

lateral sacral vein, drains sacral canal into internal iliac veins

Question 3

Answer 3

Structure: Common iliac artery:

• comes off the abdominal aorta, supplies pelvis, lower limbs, and abdominal wall

common iliac vein: drains into IVC

Question 4

Answer 4

Structure: External iliac artery: comes off the CIV, supplies abdominal wall, external genitalia, and lower limb

External iliac vein: receives blood from deep circumflex iliac veins, drains into CIV

Question 5

Answer 5

Structure: Internal iliac artery, supplies entire pelvis

internal iliac vein, drains into CIV

Question 6

Answer 6

Structure: Femoral artery: supplies lower adominal wall, ext. genitalia, and lower limb

Femoral vein: drains into ext. iliac vein

Question 7

Answer 7

Structure: profunda femoris artery, largest branch of femoral artery, it’s close to the inguinal ligament, supplies majority of thigh mm. and femur

profunda femoris vein: drains post. thigh and hip into femoral vein

Question 8

Answer 8

Structure: obturator artery, comes off internal iliac artery, supplies, pelvis muscles, bladder, hip bone, medial thigh

Structure: obturator vein, drains pelvic mm. and hip joint into internal iliac vein

Question 9

Answer 9

Great Saphenous V. drains skin of the lower limb into the femoral vein

Question 10

Answer 10

Internal pudendal artery: supplies ext. genitalia, perineum and anal canal

Internal pudendal vein: drains into ant. trunks of internal iliac arteries