Deep external pudendal artery

System Cardiovascular
SNOMED CT 31708008

Deep external pudendal artery

Definition

The deep external pudendal artery (deep external pudic artery), more deeply seated than the superficial external pudendal artery, passes medialward across the Pectineus and the Adductor longus muscles; it is covered by the fascia lata, which it pierces at the medial side of the thigh, and is distributed, in the male, to the integument of the scrotum and perineum, in the female to the labium majus; its branches anastomose with the scrotal (or labial) branches of the perineal artery.

Also known as arteria pudenda externa profunda, arteriae pudendae externa profunda, arteriae pudendales externa profunda — per UBERON

The Deep external pudendal artery is a part of the Cardiovascular.

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