Accompanying artery of ischiadic nerve

Accompanying artery of ischiadic nerve
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
FMA	77444
	Anatomical terminology [ edit on Wikidata]

Last updated June 06, 2025

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.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 620 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

↑ Hayashi, S.; Murakami, G.; Nasu, H.; Abe, H.; Rodríguez-Vázquez, J. F. (2013). "An artery accompanying the sciatic nerve (arteria comitans nervi ischiadici) and the position of the hip joint: a comparative histological study using chick, mouse, and human foetal specimens". Folia Morphologica. 72 (1): 41–50. doi: 10.5603/FM.2013.0007 . ISSN 1644-3284.

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[1] Hayashi, S.; Murakami, G.; Nasu, H.; Abe, H.; Rodríguez-Vázquez, J. F. (2013). "An artery accompanying the sciatic nerve (arteria comitans nervi ischiadici) and the position of the hip joint: a comparative histological study using chick, mouse, and human foetal specimens". Folia Morphologica. 72 (1): 41–50. doi: 10.5603/FM.2013.0007 . ISSN 1644-3284.

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