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obturator artery
Origin: internal iliac artery (anterior division)
Branches:
1) pubic branch
2) acetabular branch
3) anterior branch
4) posterior branch
Distribution:
1) ilium
2) pubis
3) obturator muscle
4) adductor muscles
Anastomoses:
1) iliolumbar artery
2) inferior epigastric artery
3) medial circumflex femoral artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: obturator 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