Azygos arteries of the vagina

Artery: Azygos arteries of the vagina
The arteries of the internal organs of generation of the female, seen from behind. (Azygos arteries visible at bottom left.)
Latin	rami vaginales arteriae uterinae
Gray's	subject #155 616
Source	uterine artery
Vein	azygos vein
Dorlands / Elsevier	a_62/12157463

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The uterine artery supplies branches to the cervix uteri and others which descend on the vagina; the latter anastomose with branches of the vaginal arteries and form with them two median longitudinal vessels—the azygos arteries of the vagina—one of which runs down in front of and the other behind the vagina.

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