Inferior gluteal artery

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Branches of the internal iliac artery

The inferior gluteal artery ("lower gluteal artery") - referred to in animal anatomy as the caudal gluteal artery - is an artery of the lower extremity in the area of ​​the gluteal region . It arises from the internal iliac artery .

In humans, the inferior gluteal artery runs together with the vein of the same name, the inferior gluteus nerve , the ischiadic nerve, the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve , the pudendal nerve and the internal pudendal vein and artery through the infrapiriform foramen, i.e. the part of the greater ischial foramen below of the piriformis muscle . It mainly supplies the gluteus maximus muscle . It forms anastomoses with the superior gluteal artery and the transverse branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery .

In comparative anatomy, the departure of the caudal gluteal artery from the internal iliac artery marks the beginning of the internal pudendal artery.

literature

  • Karl-Josef Moll, Michaela Moll: Anatomy. Short textbook for the subject catalog. 18th, revised edition. Elsevier, Urban and Fischer, Munich et al. 2005, ISBN 3-437-41743-6 , p. 584.
  • Uwe Gille: Cardiovascular and immune system, Angiologia. In: Franz-Viktor Salomon, Hans Geyer, Uwe Gille (Ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Enke, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8304-1075-1 , pp. 404-463.