It runs backward and upward on the lateral wall of the pelvis below the obturator artery, and then passes between the ureter and the hypogastric artery, to end in the hypogastric vein.
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The preservation of the hypogastric ( internal iliac ) arteries is important to prevent buttock claudication and impotence, and every effort should be made to preserve flow to at least one hypogastric artery.
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At birth, when the placental circulation ceases, the pelvic portion only of the umbilical artery remains patent gives rise to the superior vesical artery ( or arteries ) of the adult; the remainder of the vessel is converted into a solid fibrous cord, the medial umbilical ligament ( otherwise known as the obliterated hypogastric artery ) which extends from the pelvis to the umbilicus.
परिभाषा
the inner branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body; divides into several branches that supply blood to the pelvic and gluteal areas पर्याय: internal iliac artery,
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