Vaginal artery
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Vaginal artery | |
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Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria vaginalis |
TA98 | A12.2.15.035F |
TA2 | 4336 |
FMA | 18832 |
Anatomical terminology] |
The vaginal artery is an artery in females that supplies blood to the vagina and the base of the bladder.
Structure
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Vaginal_artery.jpg/300px-Vaginal_artery.jpg)
The vaginal artery is usually a branch of the internal iliac artery.[1][2] Some sources say that the vaginal artery can arise from the uterine artery, but the phrase vaginal branches of uterine artery is the term for blood supply to the vagina coming from the uterine artery.[1]
The vaginal artery is frequently represented by two or three branches. These descend to the vagina, supplying its
Function
The vaginal artery supplies oxygenated blood to the muscular wall of the vagina, along with the uterine artery and the internal pudendal artery.[3] It also supplies the cervix, along with the uterine artery.[4]
Other animals
In horses, the vaginal artery may haemorrhage after birth, which can cause death.[5]
See also
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 616 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ^ ISBN 0-7817-5309-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-12-815145-7, retrieved 2021-01-18
- PMID 26003238, retrieved 2021-01-18
- ISBN 978-0-12-815145-7, retrieved 2021-01-18
- S2CID 241150397, retrieved 2021-02-06
External links
- Anatomy photo:43:13-0206 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Female Pelvis: Branches of Internal Iliac Artery"