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r Ovarian artery, 596, 1091-2. (585, 1068) 

 Branches : Uretal. 



Fallopian. 

 Uterine. 

 Ligamentous. 



Funicular artery, 1092. (1068) 



Female. \ Uterine artery, 605-6, 1091. (594, 1067-8) 

 Branches of the uterine artery : 

 Cervical. 

 Vaginal azygos. 



Vaginal arteries, 606. (594-5) 

 Azygos artery of the vagina. 

 Uterine veins. Ovarian veins, 1091-2. (1068) 



Middle hasmorrhoidal or middle rectal artery, 605. (593-4) 



Obturator artery, 606-7. (595) 

 Iliac or nutrient branch. 

 Vesical. 

 Pubic branch. 

 Sciatic artery, 607. (595-6) 



Intrapelvic branches. 



Internal pudic artery within the pelvis, 608. (597) 

 Branches of the posterior division of the internal iliac artery : 

 Ilio-lumbar artery, 601-2. (589-90-1) 

 Iliac branch. 

 Lumbar branch. 

 Gluteal artery, 602-3. (S9 1 ) 



Branches within the pelvis. 

 Lateral sacral arteries, 602. (591) 

 Superior artery. 

 Inferior lateral sacral : 



Posterior or spinal branches. 

 Anterior or rectal branches. 

 External branches. 

 Internal branches. 

 Middle sacral artery, 598. 

 Lateral sacral branches. 

 Rectal or hsemorrhoidal branches. 



Varialions. 



Fifth pair of lumbar arteries, 688. (577) 

 Middle sacral veins, 672-3. (659) 

 Veins of the pelvis, 676-7-8. (663-4) 

 Internal iliac vein : 



Tributaries : Gluteal veins. Ilio-lumbar veins. Lateral sacral veins. 

 Obturator vein. Sciatic veins. Pudic vein. 

 Prostatico vesical plexus (male). Vesical plexus. 

 Hmorrhoidal plexus of veins : 



Inferior, middle, superior. 

 Lymphatics of the pelvic viscera, 702. (686) 

 Lymphatics of the bladder. 

 Lymphatics of the rectum. 



The lymphatics of the uterus, vagina, ovaries, and Fallopian tubes. 

 Pelvic walls, 700. (685) 



Draw the pelvic organs aside, strip off the recto-vedcal fascia and expose the visceral surface of the 

 levator ani and coccygeus muscles. 



Levator ani muscle, 1099-1100. (1075-6) 

 Coccygeus, noo-i. (1076-7) 

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