Tags: Anatomical Structure, Lymph.
The internal iliac lymph nodes (or hypogastric) surround the internal iliac artery and its branches (the hypogastric vessels) and receive the lymphatics corresponding to the distribution of the branches of it i. e. they receive lymphatics from all the pelvic viscera from the deeper parts of the perineum including the membranous and cavernous portions of the urethra and from the buttock and back of the thigh.
