Definition of Arteria vaginalis

1. Noun. A branch of the internal iliac that provides blood for the vagina and the base of the bladder and the rectum.

Exact synonyms: Vaginal Artery
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Group relationships: Vagina

Medical Definition of Arteria vaginalis

1. Origin, internal iliac; distribution, vagina, base of bladder, rectum; anastomoses, uterine, internal pudendal. Synonym: arteria vaginalis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arteria Vaginalis

arteria thyroidea inferior
arteria thyroidea superior
arteria tibialis anterior
arteria tibialis posterior
arteria transversa cervicis
arteria transversa colli
arteria transversa faciei
arteria tympanica anterior
arteria tympanica inferior
arteria tympanica posterior
arteria tympanica superior
arteria ulnaris
arteria umbilicalis
arteria urethralis
arteria vertebralis
arteria vesicalis superior
arteria vitellina
arteria volaris indicis radialis
arteria zygomatico-orbitalis
arteriac
arteriae
arteriae alveolares superiores anteriores
arteriae alveolaris inferioris
arteriae arcuatae renis
arteriae atriales
arteriae caroticotympanicae arteriae carotidis internae
arteriae centrales anterolaterales

Literary usage of Arteria vaginalis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arteria Uterina Ovarica: The Utero-ovarian Artery, Or, the Genital Vascular by Byron Robinson (1903)
"The rule is, perhaps, one arteria vaginalis arises from the pelvic floor segment of the utero-ovarian artery. This may be called the arteria vaginalis ..."

2. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"arteria vaginalis.—The vaginal artery springs from the anterior division of the hypogastric artery. It probably represents the inferior vesical artery of ..."

3. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft by Medizinisch-naturwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft zu Jena (1866)
"VI, B) dann eine arteria vaginalis superior (Fig. VI, C) ab und spaltet sich dann in zwei Haupt- gefässe (Fig. VI, D. E), die, ..."

4. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"arteria vaginalis. — The vaginal artery springs from the anterior division of the hypogastric artery. It probably represents the inferior vesical artery of ..."

5. Medical lexicon by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"The pulsation of the arteria vaginalis, which i« increased in pregnancy, during abortion, labour, ..."

6. A Dictionary of Medical Terminology, Dental Surgery, and the Collateral Sciences by Chapin Aaron Harris (1855)
"A term applied by Osiander to the increased pulsation of the arteria vaginalis, which occurs in pregnancy during the imminence of abortion. ..."

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