Artery to the ductus deferens

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Artery: Artery to the ductus deferens
The scrotum. The penis has been turned upward, and the anterior wall of the scrotum has been removed. (Deferential artery labeled at center right.)
Latin	arteria ductus deferentis
Gray's	subject #155 615
Source	umbilical artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	a_61/12154211

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The artery to the ductus deferens, as its name suggests, is an artery in males that provides blood to the ductus deferens.

Course

The artery arises from the umbilical artery. It accompanies the ductus deferens into the testis, where it anastomoses with the internal spermatic artery.

See also

• Spermatic cord

External links

• SUNY Labs 36:07-0302 - "Inguinal Region, Scrotum and Testes: Layers of the Spermatic Cord"

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AA: Anterior	celiac left gastric splenic: pancreatic branches (arteria pancreatica magna) – short gastric – left gastro-omental common hepatic: proper hepatic (cystic), right gastric, gastroduodenal (right gastro-omental, superior pancreaticoduodenal) SMA inferior pancreaticoduodenal – intestinal – ileocolic (appendicular) – right colic – middle colic IMA left colic – sigmoid – superior rectal – marginal
AA: Posterior	visceral: middle suprarenal – renal (inferior suprarenal) – testicular/ovarian parietal: inferior phrenic (superior suprarenal) – lumbar – median sacral terminal: common iliac (IIA, EIA)
IIA: Anterior	umbilical (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)
IIA: Posterior	iliolumbar – lateral sacral – superior gluteal
EIA	inferior epigastric (cremasteric) – deep circumflex iliac

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