Internal iliac artery

The internal iliac artery ( "internal iliac artery " ) can be seen on each side of the body as the weaker of the two branches of the common iliac artery as an indirect continuation of the aorta in humans. When the pets they go directly from from the aorta. It supplies the organs of the pelvis as well as the body wall with blood.

The internal iliac artery first runs further caudally to the rear top edge of the muscular pelvic floor, to cast their branches both on the outside thereof as well as on the inside.

In humans, they are the following branches to the viscera from (visceral branches):

• Umbilical artery ( plays a major role in the fetal circulation and partially obliterated after birth - notochord arteriae umbilical " ) Superior vesical artery (upper bladder artery)

Furthermore, the internal iliac artery arise from the following branches to the abdominal wall and musculoskeletal structures of the pelvis ( parietal branches):

• Artery iliolumbalis
• Sacral artery lateral ( branches to the sacrum)
• Obturator artery ( branches to the adductors and the dorsal hip muscles )
• Gluteal artery superior ( branches to the gluteal muscles )
• Gluteal artery inferior ( branches to the gluteal muscles )