Definition of Ovarian artery

1. Noun. The artery that branches from the aorta and supplies blood to the ovaries.

Exact synonyms: Arteria Ovarica
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Group relationships: Ovary

Medical Definition of Ovarian artery

1. Origin, aorta; distribution, ureter, ovary, ovarian ligament and uterine tube; anastomoses, uterine. Synonym: arteria ovarica. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ovarian Artery

ovality
ovally
ovalness
ovalnesses
ovalocyte
ovalocytic anaemia
ovalocytosis
ovals
ovamboite
ovant
ovaria
ovarial
ovarialgia
ovarian
ovarian amenorrhoea
ovarian artery (current term)
ovarian branch of uterine artery
ovarian bursa
ovarian cancer
ovarian colic
ovarian cyst
ovarian cystic disease
ovarian cysts
ovarian dysmenorrhoea
ovarian fibroma
ovarian fimbria
ovarian follicle
ovarian fossa
ovarian function tests

Literary usage of Ovarian artery

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

1. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1916)
"In twenty-four of the thirty specimens the ovarian artery on approaching the ovary ... The ovarian artery supplied a varying portion of the ovary in all, ..."

2. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1922)
"SMYTHE: THROMBOSIS OF OVIDUCAL SEGMENT UTERO-ovarian artery hypertrophied. Microscopic examination docs not show any evidence of cancer. ..."

3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1917)
"In 24 of the 30 specimens, the ovarian artery, on approaching the ovary, ... The ovarian artery supplied a varying portion of the ovary in all cases, ..."

4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"The author just quoted says further that the utero-ovarian artery has three origins, because it develops from the Wolffian body: The ovarian segment arise« ..."

5. The Journal of Physiology by Physiological Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"L - r. sympathetic cord drawn to right aide white ramus from III. ascending mesenteric branches white ramus from IV. r. ovarian artery inferior mesenteric ..."

6. The American Gynaecological and Obstetrical Journal (1901)
"... 13, 14, 15, the round ligament segment. 30 internal pubic, 26 vaginal artery. FIG. 4. Fig. 4. lateral view of the utero-ovarian artery, especially its ..."

7. A Manual of Dissection and Practical Anatomy: Founded on Gray and Gerrish by William Thomas Eckley, Corinne Buford Eckley (1903)
"The ovarian artery supplies the ovary with blood. The ovarian artery is a branch of the aorta, homologous to the spermatic in the ..."

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