Lumbar branch of iliolumbar artery

The lumbar branch of the iliolumbar artery (ramus lumbalis) supplies the psoas major and quadratus lumborum, anastomoses with the last lumbar artery, and sends a small spinal branch through the intervertebral foramen between the last lumbar vertebra and the sacrum, into the vertebral canal to supply the cauda equina.

Lumbar branch of iliolumbar artery
The veins of the right half of the male pelvis. (Iliolumbar artery not labeled, but Iliolumbar vein visible at center right.)
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Identifiers
Latinramus lumbalis arteriae iliolumbalis
TA98A12.2.15.003
TA24305
FMA18849
Anatomical terminology