External Iliac Artery

• Origin and course
  • Larger than Internal Iliac artery
  • Runs along medial border of Psoas to a point between anterior superior Iliac spine and symphysis pubis, where it enters thigh to become the femoral artery
• Relationship
  • Anterior and right 
    • Ileum
    • Appendix
  • Left
    • Sigmoid
  • Posterior
    • External Iliac vein
• Branches
  • Inferior epigastric
  • Deep circumflex Iliac