Lumbar branch of iliolumbar artery

Lumbar branch of iliolumbar artery

The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Iliolumbar artery not labeled, but Iliolumbar vein visible at center right.)
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Identifiers
Latin ramus lumbalis arteriae iliolumbalis
TA A12.2.15.003
FMA 18849

Anatomical terminology

The lumbar branch of the iliolumbar artery (ramus lumbalis) supplies the psoas major and quadratus lumborum, anastomoses with the last lumbar artery, and sends a small spinal branch through the intervertebral foramen between the last lumbar vertebra and the sacrum, into the vertebral canal to supply the cauda equina.


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