| Artery: Inferior gluteal artery | |
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| Left gluteal region, showing surface markings for arteries and sciatic nerve. | |
| Internal iliac artery and branches, including inferior gluteal artery. | |
| Latin | arteria glutea inferior |
| Gray's | subject #155 620 |
| Supplies | Gluteus maximus muscle, Piriformis muscle, Quadratus femoris muscle |
| Source | Internal iliac artery |
| Branches | Accompanying artery of ischiadic nerve |
| Vein | inferior gluteal veins |
The inferior gluteal artery (sciatic artery), the larger of the two terminal branches of the anterior trunk of the internal iliac artery, is distributed chiefly to the buttock and back of the thigh.
It passes down on the sacral plexus of nerves and the Piriformis, behind the internal pudendal artery, to the lower part of the greater sciatic foramen, through which it escapes from the pelvis between the Piriformis and Coccygeus.
It then descends in the interval between the greater trochanter of the femur and tuberosity of the ischium, accompanied by the sciatic and posterior femoral cutaneous nerves, and covered by the Glutæus maximus, and is continued down the back of the thigh, supplying the skin, and anastomosing with branches of the perforating arteries.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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