External iliac artery | |
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Front of abdomen, showing common iliac artery, the source of the external iliac artery | |
![]() Volume rendered CT scan of abdominal and pelvic blood vessels. | |
Details | |
Source | Common iliac arteries |
Branches | Femoral arteries, inferior epigastric arteries |
Vein | External iliac veins |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria iliaca externa |
TA98 | A12.2.16.002 |
TA2 | 4357 |
FMA | 18805 |
Anatomical terminology |
The external iliac arteries are two major arteries which bifurcate off the common iliac arteries anterior to the sacroiliac joint of the pelvis.