Arises independently from the internal iliac
Arises from a common trunk with the internal pudendal
Arises from the common trunk with the vaginal artery, the common trunk from internal iliac artery (11 times), or from the internal pudendal (5 times)
The uterine artery usually arises from the internal iliac but may also arise in common with the vaginal artery or with the middle rectal.
The artery may be doubled or composed of multiple parts. It occasionally supplies branches that may be designated as superior vesical, inferior vesical, ureteral and vaginal arteries.