Vaginal artery

Vaginal artery

Infobox Artery
Name = Vaginal artery
Latin = arteria vaginalis
GraySubject = 155
GrayPage = 616


Caption = Arteries of the female reproductive tract (posterior view): uterine artery, ovarian artery and vaginal arteries.


Caption2 = Vessels of the uterus and its appendages, rear view.
BranchFrom = Internal iliac artery
Uterine artery
BranchTo =
Vein = vaginal venous plexus
Supplies = urinary bladder, ureter, vagina
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MeshNumber =
DorlandsPre = a_61
DorlandsSuf = 12156498
The vaginal artery is an artery in females that supplies blood to the vagina.

Terminology

The vaginal artery is usually defined as a branch of the internal iliac artery.

Some sources say that the vaginal artery can arise form the internal iliac artery or the uterine artery. [cite book |author=Kyung Won, PhD. Chung |title=Gross Anatomy (Board Review) |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstown, MD |year=2005 |pages=290 |isbn=0-7817-5309-0 |oclc= |doi=] However, the phrase vaginal branches of uterine artery is the Terminologia Anatomica term for blood supply to the vagina coming from the uterine artery.

Some texts consider the inferior vesical artery to be found only in males, and that this structure in females is a vaginal artery.

tructure

It descends to the vagina, supplying its mucous membrane. It can send branches to the bulb of the vestibule, the fundus of the bladder, and the contiguous part of the rectum.

The vaginal artery is frequently represented by two or three branches.

ee also

* Uterine artery

References

External links

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* - "The Female Pelvis: Branches of Internal Iliac Artery"


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