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superior gluteal artery
Origin: internal iliac artery
Distribution: gluteal region
Anastomoses:
1) branches of the internal pudendal artery
2) lateral sacral artery
3) inferior gluteal artery
4) deep circumflex iliac artery
5) lateral circumflex femoral artery
Related
gluteal region
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: superior gluteal artery
ORIGIN: internal iliac artery (hypogastric artery)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium