The document provides an overview of the common iliac artery and its branches, including the internal and external iliac arteries. It details their anatomical positioning, bifurcation points, and the regions supplied by each artery. The external iliac artery is notably larger and supplies various structures in the lower abdomen and limbs.

1. Common illiac
artery
Muzaffar Khan
Tbilisi state medical university

3. COMMON ILIAC ARTERY
LEVEL- fourth lumbar vertebra
Size-5cm {2-in.}
Regions supplied-pelvic mus,pelvic
org,external gentalias, lower limbs
Division- right and left iliac artery
Gives rise to- internal and external i.arteries

7. Internal iliac artery
Primary artery of pelvis
Bifurcation-anterior to sacroiliac joint level of
lumbosacral intervertebral disc
Posteriorly-desend into pelvis and divide into
anterior and posteror divisions
Regions supply-medial mus of thigh, pelvic
muscle wall, pelvic org, e. genetalias,
buttox.

8. 8
Internal iliac artery

9. External iliac artery
 Larger than internal iliac artery
 Descend along the medial border of psoas major
mus following pelvic brim, pass posterior to
midportion of inguinal ligaments, and femoral
arteries as they pass beneath inguinal ligament
and enter thigh
 Regions supply-lower abdominal wall, cremaster
muscles in males and round ligament of uterus in
females and lower limb.

10. 10External iliac artery
• Femoral artery
-Right femoral artery
-Right deep artery of thigh(deep peroneal)
• Popliteal artery
-Anterior tibial
-Posterior tibial
Inferior epigastric artery deep circumflex iliac
arteries