Tags: Anatomical Structure, Artery.

The obturator artery is a branch of the internal iliac artery that passes antero-inferiorly (forwards and downwards) on the lateral wall of the pelvis to the upper part of the obturator foramen and escaping from the pelvic cavity through the obturator canal it divides into both an anterior and a posterior branch.

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branch from
Internal iliac artery
branch to
Anterior branch of the obturator artery, Posterior branch of the obturator artery
Dorlands prefix
a_61
Dorlands suffix
12155276
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supplies
Obturator externus muscle, Femur, Medial compartment of thigh
vein
Obturator veins

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