The external iliac artery provides the main blood supply to the legs.

It does however most commonly arises from the external carotid artery.

At the throat it forks into the internal and external carotid arteries.

It branches from the external carotid artery just deep to the neck of the mandible.

Along their flanks are arrays of proprioceptors which in part act like external arteries.

The ureter itself courses over the external iliac artery and vein.

The femoral arteries receive blood through the external iliac artery.

The external carotid artery is a major artery of the head and neck.

It is a short, thick vessel, smaller than the external iliac artery, and about 3 to 4 cm in length.

Its trunk atrophies and is replaced by branches from the external carotid artery.