"cruciate anastomoses: inferior gluteal artery provides a contribution to the cruciate anastomosis of the upper thigh, along with the lateral and medial circumflex artery, the anastomotic branch of the posterior branch of the obturator artery and the first perforating artery of the profunda femoris"
"The inferior gluteal artery originates as a branch of the anterior division of the internal iliac artery. It approaches the greater sciatic foramen by passing back through the parietal pelvic fascia and between the S1-S2 or S2-S3 nerve roots. It then exits the pelvis through the foramen, below the piriformis muscle and above the superior gemellus. It travels inferiorly, medial to the sciatic nerve and underneath the gluteus maximus 6."
"The inferior gluteal artery originates as a branch of the anterior division of the internal iliac artery. It approaches the greater sciatic foramen by passing back through the parietal pelvic fascia and between the S1-S2 or S2-S3 nerve roots. It then exits the pelvis through the foramen, below the piriformis muscle and above the superior gemellus. It travels inferiorly, medial to the sciatic nerve and underneath the gluteus maximus 6."
Expected headings
"Clinical relevance"
"Pseudoaneurysms may form post trauma or post procedure (e.g. transgluteal pelvic abscess drainage)."