Common iliac artery Source: abdominal aorta (at the level of L4)
Branches: branches to ureter and peritoneum
Terminal branches: external and internal iliac arteries
External iliac artery Source: common iliac artery (at the level of sacroiliac joint)
Branches: inferior epigastric artery, deep circumflex artery
Terminal branch: femoral artery
Supplies: anterior compartment of the thigh (femoral artery), iliac crest bone flap (deep circumflex artery), anterior abdominal wall (inferior epigastric artery)
Internal iliac artery Source: common iliac artery (at the level of sacroiliac joint)
Anterior branches: Obturator, Middle rectal, Superior vesical, Uterine (female), Inferior gluteal, Inferior vesical (male) or vaginal (female), internal Pudendal arteries
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Posterior branches: Iliolumbar, Lateral sacral, Superior gluteal arteries
Mnemonic: PILS
Supplies: Psoas major muscle, quadratus lumborum, iliacus muscle, uterus, vagina, bladder, prostate, semicanal vesicle