- See:
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Arterial Development :
- Discussion:
- placental circulation has been developed & umbilical arteries have attained significant size when the lower limb bud arises;
- where umbilical artery lies near the root of the limb bud, it gives off small branch, the Ischiadic artery, that serves for a time as
axial artery of the limb;
Inferior Gluteal Artery (Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation)
