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
Term information
- SCTID:181354004
- Wikipedia:Superior_gluteal_artery
- MA:0002054
- EMAPA:37120 (MA:th)
- FMA:18868
- NCIT:C32688
- UMLS:C0226371 (ncithesaurus:Gluteal_Artery)
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- artery
- supplies some iliacus muscle
- supplies some ilium
- supplies some piriformis muscle
- part of some system
- supplies some obturator internus
- connecting branch of some internal iliac artery