Uterine artery

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Artery: Uterine artery

Arteries of the female reproductive tract: uterine artery, ovarian artery and vaginal arteries. (Uterine artery labeled at center.)

Vessels of the uterus and its appendages, rear view. (Uterine artery labeled at center right.)
Latin	arteria uterina
Gray's	subject #155 615
Supplies	round ligament of the uterus, ovary, uterus, vagina, uterine tube
Source	internal iliac artery
Vein	uterine veins
Dorlands/Elsevier	a_61/12156490

The uterine artery is an artery in females that supplies blood to the uterus.

Contents

1 Structure
2 Branches and organs supplied
3 Additional images
4 See also
5 External links

The uterine artery usually arises from the anterior division of the internal iliac artery. It travels to the uterus, crossing the ureter anteriorly.

It travels through the parametrium of the inferior broad ligament of the uterus.

It commonly anastomoses (connects with) the vaginal artery. The vaginal artery sometimes arises from the uterine artery, instead of arising directly from the internal iliac artery.

round ligament of the uterus
ovary ("Ovarian branches")
uterus
- myometrium (helicine branches of uterine artery)
vagina ("Vaginal branches" - azygos arteries of the vagina)
uterine tube ("Tubal branch")

Uterine artery embolization
Uterine leiomyomata (fibroids of the uterus)

SUNY Labs 43:13-0204 - "The Female Pelvis: Branches of Internal Iliac Artery"
Uterine+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
Norman/Georgetown pelvis (uterus)

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v • d • e

List of arteries of torso - abdomen

AA:
Anterior

celiac	left gastric: esophageal branches splenic: pancreatic branches (greater, dorsal) – short gastric – left gastro-omental common hepatic: proper hepatic (cystic), right gastric, gastroduodenal (right gastro-omental, superior pancreaticoduodenal, supraduodenal)
SMA	inferior pancreaticoduodenal – intestinal (jejunal, ileal, arcades, vasa recta) – ileocolic (colic, anterior cecal, posterior cecal, ileal branch, appendicular) – right colic – middle colic
IMA	left colic – sigmoid – superior rectal – marginal

AA:
Posterior

visceral: middle suprarenal – renal (inferior suprarenal, ureteral) – gonadal (testicular ♂/ovarian ♀)
parietal: inferior phrenic (superior suprarenal) – lumbar – median sacral
terminal: common iliac (IIA, EIA)

IIA:
Anterior

umbilical (superior vesical, to ductus deferens) – middle rectal – obturator (anterior branch, posterior branch) - inferior gluteal (accompanying of ischiadic nerve, crucial anastomosis)

uterine ♀ (helicine, vaginal of uterine, ovarian of uterine, tubal of uterine) - vaginal ♀/inferior vesical ♂

internal pudendal: inferior rectal - perineal (urethral) - posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀ - bulb of penis ♂/vestibule ♀ - deep artery of the penis ♂ (helicine)/clitoris ♀ - dorsal of the penis ♂/clitoris ♀

IIA:
Posterior

iliolumbar (lumbar, iliac) – lateral sacral – superior gluteal

inferior epigastric (cremasteric, round ligament) – deep circumflex iliac – femoral

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