The iliolumbar artery is the first branch of the posterior trunk of the internal iliac artery.
Iliolumbar artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Internal iliac artery |
Branches | Lumbar branches of iliolumbar artery |
Vein | iliolumbar vein |
Supplies | Lumbar vertebrae, Ilium |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria iliolumbalis |
TA98 | A12.2.15.002 |
TA2 | 4304 |
FMA | 18845 |
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] |
The iliolumbar artery is the first branch of the posterior trunk of the internal iliac artery.[1] It turns upward behind the obturator nerve and the external iliac artery and vein, to the medial border of the psoas major muscle, behind which it divides into:
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 621 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)