deep external pudendal artery

Term ID

UBERON:0007316

Synonyms

• arteria pudenda externa profunda

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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_external_pudendal_artery

References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_external_pudendal_artery
• http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/31708008

Ontology

Uberon Ontology