The internal pudendal artery is one of the three pudendal arteries. It branches off the internal iliac artery, and provides blood to the external genitalia.
Structure
The internal pudendal artery is the terminal branch of the anterior trunk of the internal iliac artery.|| supplies bulb of vestibule/bulb of penis
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| Dorsal artery of clitoris|| Dorsal artery of the penis while others consider it a branch of the perineal artery.
In males, the internal pudendal artery also gives rise to the perforating arteries of the penis. This may cause a haematoma, which usually resolves without treatment, but may form an infected abscess.