Definition of Hypogastric artery

1. Noun. The inner branch of the common iliac artery on either side of the body; divides into several branches that supply blood to the pelvic and gluteal areas.

Exact synonyms: Internal Iliac Artery
Generic synonyms: Arteria Iliaca, Iliac Artery

Medical Definition of Hypogastric artery

1. Origin, common iliac; branches, iliolumbar, lateral sacral, obturator, superior gluteal, inferior gluteal, umbilical, superior vesical, inferior vesical, middle rectal, and internal pudendal. Synonym: arteria iliaca interna, arteria hypogastrica, hypogastric artery. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypogastric Artery

hypofusion
hypogaea
hypogaeic
hypogaeum
hypogaeums
hypogalactia
hypogalactous
hypogammaglobulinaemias
hypogammaglobulinemia
hypogammaglobulinemias
hypogamy
hypoganglionosis
hypogastric
hypogastric artery (current term)
hypogastric ganglia
hypogastric nerve
hypogastric plexus
hypogastric reflex
hypogastric vein
hypogastrium
hypogastrocele
hypogastropagus
hypogea
hypogeal
hypogean
hypogee
hypogees

Literary usage of Hypogastric artery

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

1. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"hypogastric artery.—In the fœtus, the hypogastric artery, retaining almost the full size of the common iliac, curves forwards from that artery to the side ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The hypogastric artery supplies the walls and viscera of the pelvis, ... In the fetus, the hypogastric artery is twice as large as the external iliac, ..."

3. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"He will find that some of the branches of the hypogastric artery pierce the parietal fascia as they leave the pelvis, and that the visceral branches, ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1901)
"When the course of the obliterated hypogastric artery corresponds pretty nearly with ... When, on the other hand, the obliterated hypogastric artery lies ..."

5. Anatomy of the Cat by Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings (1901)
"The hypogastric artery then extends two or three centimeters and gives off A. ... Branches of the hypogastric artery : a. A. umbilicalis (Fig. 126, «). ..."

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