Blood Vessels Flashcards
Lateral sacral artery
Passes in front of the sacral plexus to supply sacral muscles as well as spinal meninges and roots of the spinal nerves
Iliolumbar artery
Runs to the iliac fossa deep tool psoas major. Supplies muscles of ilium and posterior abdominal wall
Superior gluteal artery
Runs between lumbosacral trunk and S1 to exit the pelvis via the greater sciatic foramen. Supplies muscles in the buttocks
Inferior gluteal artery
Runs between sacral nerve and meet the pelvis to the greater sciatic foramen. Supplies gluteal muscles
Internal pudendal artery
Leaves the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen passing between piriformis and the coccygeus
Obturator artery
Runs through the upper part of the obturator foramen to supply muscles of the medial thigh
Umbilical artery
Supplies the bladder and turns into the medial umbilical ligament
Uterine artery
give superior branch to the uterus and a vaginal branch to the vagina. Also runs to the ovarian artery as the artery of Sampson
Vaginal artery
Arises from the uterine artery to supply the vagina
Middle rectal artery
Supplies the muscular layer of lower rectal him and upper anal canal may also contribute to sex organs
Differences in male and female vasculature
In the mail the artery of ductus deference corresponds to the uterine artery.
The inferior vesicle artery corresponds to the vaginal artery.
The middle rectal artery not only supplies anal canal but also the prostate, seminal vesicles and ureter