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superior gluteal artery

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The superior gluteal artery (gluteal artery) is the largest branch of the internal iliac artery, and appears to be the continuation of the posterior division of that vessel. It is a short artery which runs backward between the lumbosacral trunk and the first sacral nerve, and, passing out of the pelvis above the upper border of the Piriformis, immediately divides into a superficial and a deep branch. Within the pelvis it gives off a few branches to the Iliacus, Piriformis, and Obturator internus, and just previous to quitting that cavity, a nutrient artery which enters the ilium. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior_gluteal_artery ]

Synonyms: arteria glutealis superior

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uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Gray1244.png

has related synonym

arteria glutea superior

id

UBERON:0001315

prefLabel

Superior gluteal artery

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606