Accompanying artery of ischiadic nerve

The accompanying artery of ischiadic nerve is a long, slender artery in the thigh. It branches off the inferior gluteal artery. It accompanies the sciatic nerve for a short distance.^[1] It then penetrates it, and runs in its substance to the lower part of the thigh.

Accompanying artery of ischiadic nerve
The arteries of the gluteal and posterior femoral regions (comitans nervi ischiadici labeled near center)
Details
Source	Inferior gluteal artery
Identifiers
Latin	arteria comitans nervi ischiadici
TA98	A12.2.15.019
TA2	4356
FMA	77444
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