"origin: anterior division of the internal iliac artery"
"location: pelvis and lower limb"
"supply: pelvic muscles, ilium, head of the femur, muscles of the medial thigh, skin"
"branches: anterior and posterior branches, artery in the ligament of the femur, iliac branch, pubic branch, branch to the knee capsule"
"the pubic branch of the obturator artery anastomoses with the pubic branch of the inferior epigastric artery."
"the anterior branch supplies the adductor brevis muscle, and the skin over the medial thigh at its termination."
"the posterior branch gives another branch, the artery of the ligamentum teres which runs in the ligament of the head of the femur and eventually atrophies and becomes nonfunctional after approximately the age of seven. The posterior branch also supplies the adductor muscles and gives a small terminal branch to the capsule of the knee joint."
"Branches within the pelvis:"
"the nutrient artery to the ilium supplies the iliac bone and iliacus muscle"
"the pubic branch of the obturator artery anastomoses with the pubic branch of the inferior epigastric artery."
"Within the medial compartment of the thigh the obturator artery splits into anterior and posterior branches. These travel around the origin of the obturator externus and anastomose with one another and the medial circumflex femoral artery."
"the anterior branch supplies the adductor brevis muscle, and the skin over the medial thigh at its termination."
"the posterior branch gives another branch, the artery of the ligamentum teres which runs in the ligament of the head of the femur and eventually atrophies and becomes nonfunctional after approximately the age of seven. The posterior branch also supplies the adductor muscles and gives a small terminal branch to the capsule of the knee joint."
"It may also arise as two roots; one from the external iliac artery and the other from the iliac artery e.g. as its usual origin."