The vaginal artery is an artery in Female 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.
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 Anastomosis with branches from the uterine artery.
Function
The vaginal artery supplies oxygenated
blood to the muscular wall of the
vagina, along with the
uterine artery and the internal pudendal artery.
It also supplies the
cervix, along with the uterine artery.
Other animals
In
Horse, the vaginal artery may
Bleeding after
birth, which can cause
death.
See also
External links
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- "The Female Pelvis: Branches of Internal Iliac Artery"
