superficial external pudendal artery
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An artery that arises from the medial side of the femoral artery, close to the superficial epigastric artery and superficial iliac circumflex artery. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superficial_external_pudendal_artery ]
Synonyms: arteriae pudendales externa superficialis superficial external pudic artery arteriae pudendae externa superficialis
Term information
- FMA:20738
- SCTID:47954000
- Wikipedia:Superficial_external_pudendal_artery
human_reference_atlas
After piercing the femoral sheath and fascia cribrosa, it courses medialward, across the spermatic cord (or round ligament in the female), to be distributed to the integument on the lower part of the abdomen, the penis and scrotum in the male, and the labium majus in the female, anastomosing with branches of the internal pudendal artery. it crosses superficial to the inguinal ligament[WP]
Term relations
- external pudendal artery
- systemic artery
- part of some external iliac artery
- part of some vasculature of integument
- supplies some external genitalia
- connecting branch of some femoral artery