Definition of Arteria uterina

1. Noun. A branch of the internal iliac artery that supplies the uterus and the upper part of the vagina.

Exact synonyms: Uterine Artery
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Group relationships: Uterus, Womb

Medical Definition of Arteria uterina

1. Origin, internal iliac; distribution, uterus, upper part of vagina, round ligament, and medial part of uterine (fallopian) tube; anastomoses, ovarian, vaginal, inferior epigastric. Supplies maternal circulation to placenta during pregnancy. Synonym: arteria uterina. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arteria Uterina

arteria thyroidea ima
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

Literary usage of Arteria uterina

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

1. Pathology and treatment of diseases of women by August Eduard Martin, Philipp Jacob Jung (1912)
"The arteria uterina, after its exit from the hypogastric artery, runs at first almost parallel to ... (Important for the ligation of the arteria uterina. ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1880)
"No sooner does it occur, than a marked change takes place in the uterine circulation. The uterine bloodvessels arise from the arteria uterina ..."

3. A Manual of Histology by Salomon Stricker (1872)
"The blood-vessels of the uterus originate from the arteria uterina hypo- gastrica, arteria uterina aórtica. (Luschka), and from the arteria spermatica ..."

4. A Manual of obstetrics by Albert Freeman Africanus King (1889)
"... corresponding with the spermatic artery of the male), which is given off' from the aorta 2J inches above its bifurcation, hence called arteria uterina ..."

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