Editing Female Pelvis (section)

== Female-specific Pelvic Vasculature ==

* '''Uterine artery'''
** '''Source: anterior trunk of the internal iliac artery'''
** '''Enters the broad ligament and lateral sacral ligament.'''
** '''Passes anterior to the ureter'''
*** '''Clinical impliacion: ureter is vulnerable to iatrogenic injury during division of the uterine pedicle'''
* '''Ovarian artery'''
** '''Source: abdominal aorta, inferior to the renal arteries'''
** '''Location: most frequently identified at the infundibulo-pelvic ligament'''
* '''Structures that may be injured during a sacrospinous ligament vault suspension (3):'''
** '''Lateral sacral artery''' (from the posterior division of the internal iliac)
** '''Sacral plexus (see below)'''
** '''Pudendal nerve (see below)'''
* The venous drainage of the pelvis parallels the arteries but contains an intricate network of plexuses (uterine, vaginal, retropubic, vesical, rectal).