vaginal artery
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{{Infobox artery
| Name = Vaginal artery
| Latin = arteria vaginalis
| Image = Gray1170.png
| Caption = Arteries of the female reproductive tract (posterior view): uterine artery, ovarian artery and vaginal arteries.
| Image2 = Gray589.png
| 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
}}
The vaginal artery is an artery in females that supplies blood to the vagina and the base of the bladder.
Structure
The vaginal artery is usually a branch of the internal iliac artery.{{cite book|author=Kyung Won, PhD. Chung|title=Gross Anatomy (Board Review)|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|year=2005|isbn=0-7817-5309-0|location=Hagerstown, MD|page=290}}{{Citation|last1=Łaniewski|first1=Paweł|title=Vagina|date=2018-01-01|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128012383644069|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Second Edition)|pages=353–359|editor-last=Skinner|editor-first=Michael K.|place=Oxford|publisher=Academic Press|language=en|isbn=978-0-12-815145-7|access-date=2021-01-18|last2=Herbst-Kralovetz|first2=Melissa}} 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.
The vaginal artery is frequently represented by two or three branches. These descend to the vagina, supplying its mucous membrane. They anastomose with branches from the uterine artery. It can send branches to the bulb of the vestibule, the fundus of the bladder, and the contiguous part of the rectum.
Function
The vaginal artery supplies oxygenated blood to the muscular wall of the vagina, along with the uterine artery and the internal pudendal artery.{{Citation|last1=Graziottin|first1=Alessandra|title=Chapter 4 - Anatomy and physiology of genital organs – women|date=2015-01-01|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444632470000043|journal=Handbook of Clinical Neurology|volume=130|pages=39–60|editor-last=Vodušek|editor-first=David B.|series=Neurology of Sexual and Bladder Disorders|publisher=Elsevier|language=en|access-date=2021-01-18|last2=Gambini|first2=Dania|doi=10.1016/B978-0-444-63247-0.00004-3|pmid=26003238|isbn=9780444632470|editor2-last=Boller|editor2-first=François}} It also supplies the cervix, along with the uterine artery.{{Citation|last1=Mahendroo|first1=Mala|title=Cervix|date=2018-01-01|url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128012383644045|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Reproduction (Second Edition)|pages=339–346|editor-last=Skinner|editor-first=Michael K.|place=Oxford|publisher=Academic Press|language=en|isbn=978-0-12-815145-7|access-date=2021-01-18|last2=Nallasamy|first2=Shanmugasundaram}}
Other animals
In horses, the vaginal artery may haemorrhage after birth, which can cause death.{{Citation|title=Chapter 12 - Reproductive disorders|date=2014-01-01|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780723436607000122|work=Knottenbelt and Pascoe's Color Atlas of Diseases and Disorders of the Horse (Second Edition)|pages=443–513|editor-last=McAuliffe|editor-first=Siobhan B.|publisher=W.B. Saunders|language=en|doi=10.1016/b978-0-7234-3660-7.00012-2|isbn=978-0-7234-3660-7|s2cid=241150397 |access-date=2021-02-06}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|43|13|02|06}} - "The Female Pelvis: Branches of Internal Iliac Artery"
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