Vaginal artery

Vaginal artery

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

Vessels of the uterus and its appendages, rear view.
Details
Source Internal iliac artery
Uterine artery
Vein vaginal venous plexus
Supplies urinary bladder, ureter, vagina
Identifiers
Latin arteria vaginalis
Dorlands
/Elsevier		 a_61/12156498
TA A12.2.15.035F
FMA 18832

Anatomical terminology

The vaginal artery is an artery in females that supplies blood to the vagina and the base of the bladder.

Terminology

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

Vaginal artery

Some sources say that the vaginal artery can arise from the internal iliac artery or the uterine artery.[1] 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.

Structure

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.

See also

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ↑ Kyung Won, PhD. Chung (2005). Gross Anatomy (Board Review). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 290. ISBN 0-7817-5309-0.

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