Collateral Circulation
The circulation after ligature of the internal iliac artery is carried on by the anastomoses of:
- the middle rectal artery and the superior rectal artery
- the iliolumbar artery with the last lumbar artery
- the lateral sacral arteries with the median sacral artery
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