Cremasteric artery
| Artery: Cremasteric artery | |
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| The scrotum. | |
| Latin | arteria cremasterica |
| Gray's | subject #156 623 |
| Source | Inferior epigastric artery |
| Dorlands / Elsevier |
a_61/12154078 |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
The cremasteric artery (external spermatic artery) is a branch of the Inferior epigastric artery which accompanies the spermatic cord, and supplies the Cremaster and other coverings of the cord, anastomosing with the internal spermatic artery (in the female it is very small and accompanies the round ligament.)
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Arteries of torso - abdomen | |||||||
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| AA: Anterior |
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| AA: Posterior | visceral: middle suprarenal – renal (inferior suprarenal) – testicular/ovarianparietal: inferior phrenic (superior suprarenal) – lumbar – median sacral terminal: common iliac (IIA, EIA) | ||||||
| IIA: Anterior |
(superior vesical,
to ductus deferens) –
inferior vesical –
middle rectal –
uterine
(azygos of the vagina) –
vaginal –
obturator
(anterior branch,
posterior branch) –
internal pudendal
(inferior rectal,
perineal,
artery of the urethral bulb,
urethral,
deep artery of the penis,
dorsal artery of the penis) –
inferior gluteal
(accompanying of ischiadic nerve,
crucial anastomosis)
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| IIA: Posterior | |||||||
| EIA | |||||||
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