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lateral sacral artery
Origin: internal iliac artery or its branches
Distribution:
1) muscles & skin around the sacrum
2) sacral canal
Anastomoses:
1) spinal arteries
2) radicular arteries
3) median sacral artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: lateral sacral 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