Internal iliac arteries

Looks like

A short thick branch deep in the pelvis, splitting into many vessels at once.

What it does

Supplies the bladder, rectum, reproductive organs and buttock.

Keeping it well

Nothing of its own; it is the artery blocked to stop heavy bleeding after birth or injury.

Its parts

• Internal pudendal artery
• Right internal iliac artery
• Left internal iliac artery

Related conditions

• Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)