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umbilical artery (a. umbilicalis) very often arises from the visceral part of 

 the hypogastric artery instead of from the main trunk ; (2) the middle hcemor~ 

 rhoidal artery (a. hsemorrhoidalis media) for the supply of the rectum and the 

 region of the anus ; (3) the perineal artery (a. perinei), a small branch ending 

 in the perineum ; (4) arteries to the penis : (a) the dorsal artery of the penis 

 (a. dorsalis penis) follows the dorsal vein and nerve along the dorsum of the 

 penis to the glans ; (6) the deep artery of the penis (a. profunda penis) enters 

 the corpus cavernosum penis ; (c) the artery of the urethral bulb (a. bulbi 

 urethrse) — the largest of the three — sinks into the corpus cavernosum urethrse. 

 The parietal part (pars parietalis) of the hypogastric artery is larger than 

 the visceral division of this vessel, and passes along the wall of the pelvis 



aa. lumbnles 



Aorta 



a mesenterial eaudalis 



u. rolica sinistra * * 



a. hosmorrhoidalis ' 



cranial is 



a. circumflexa ilium! 



(t. hypoga strica, 



, a. sacralis media 

 i i 



J a. tlio-lumbalis 

 i ' / a. glutcea cranialis 



a. eaudalis lateralis 

 mfierficiattx 



■cea eaudalis 



a. hosmorrhoidahs media 

 - a. perinei 



f*. profunda penis 



a. bulbi urethrce 

 dorsalis penis 



a, iliaca externa 



a. dtfereritialis ' 



a. vesicalis cranialis ' ; 

 «. umbilicalis 



a. pudenda interna 

 a. profunda femoris 

 a. pudenda externa 



a. epigastrica eaudalis 

 Fin. 42. — Diagram of the external iliao and hypogastric arteries. 



at a more dorsal level. Crossing first the medial face of the ilium and then 

 the medial face of the piriformis and superficial gluteal muscles, it ends as 

 the caudal gluteal artery previously examined in connection with the other 

 deep gluteal structures. 



The vessels arising from the parietal part of the hypogastric artery are 

 the following : (1) The ilio-lumbar artery (a. ilio-lumbalis) arises close to the 

 origin of the pars parietalis, or even from the main stem of the hypogastric 

 artery itself, and is expended in the psoas minor, ilio-psoas, sartorius, tensor 

 fasciae latse and middle gluteal muscles ; (2) arising at the oral border of the 

 piriformis muscle, the cranial gluteal artery (a. glutsea cranialis) passes into 

 the gluteal region along with the sciatic nerve ; (3) branches are contributed 

 to the internal obturator, levator ani, coccygeus and piriformis muscles 

 (rami musculares) ; (4) the superficial lateral caudal artery (a. eaudalis lateralis 



