Artery to the ductus deferens
Appearance
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Artery to the ductus deferens | |
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Details | |
Source | Superior vesical arteryorinferior vesical artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria ductus deferentis |
TA98 | A12.2.15.022 |
TA2 | 4318 |
Anatomical terminology |
Theartery to the ductus deferens(deferential artery) is an artery in males that provides blood to theductus deferens.[citation needed]
Anatomy
[edit]Origin
[edit]The artery arises from thesuperior vesical artery(usually),[1]or from theinferior vesical artery.[2]
Course, anastomoses, and distribution
[edit]It accompanies theductus deferensinto thetestis,where it anastomoses with thetesticular artery;in this way it also supplies blood to the testis andepididymis.A small branch also supplies theureter.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]Additional images
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Artery to the ductus deferens. Deep dissection. Lateral view.
References
[edit]This article incorporates text in thepublic domainfrompage 615of the 20th edition ofGray's Anatomy(1918)
- ^Sobotta Anatomy Textbook - English Edition with Latin Nomenclature.Friedrich Paulsen, Tobias M. Böckers, J. Waschke, Stephan Winkler, Katja Dalkowski, Jörg Mair, Sonja Klebe, Elsevier ClinicalKey (1st ed.). Munich. 2018. p. 396.ISBN978-0-7020-6760-0.OCLC1132300315.
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:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^Standring, Susan (2020).Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice(42th ed.). New York. p. 1294.ISBN978-0-7020-7707-4.OCLC1201341621.
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External links
[edit]- Anatomy photo:36:07-0302at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Inguinal Region, Scrotum and Testes: Layers of the Spermatic Cord"