Preferred Label : perineal artery;
Uberon definition : The perineal artery (superficial perineal artery) arises from the internal pudendal
artery, and turns upward, crossing either over or under the Transversus perinæi superficialis,
and runs forward, parallel to the pubic arch, in the interspace between the Bulbocavernosus
and Ischiocavernosus, both of which it supplies, and finally divides into several
posterior scrotal branches which are distributed to the skin and dartos tunic of the
scrotum. As it crosses the Transversus perinæi superficialis it gives off the transverse
perineal artery which runs transversely on the cutaneous surface of the muscle, and
anastomoses with the corresponding vessel of the opposite side and with the perineal
and inferior hemorrhoidal arteries. It supplies the Transversus perinæi superficialis
and the structures between the anus and the urethral bulb. [WP,unvetted].;
Uberon narrow term : superficial perineal artery;
Origin ID : 0001358;
UMLS CUI : C0226394;
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The perineal artery (superficial perineal artery) arises from the internal pudendal
artery, and turns upward, crossing either over or under the Transversus perinæi superficialis,
and runs forward, parallel to the pubic arch, in the interspace between the Bulbocavernosus
and Ischiocavernosus, both of which it supplies, and finally divides into several
posterior scrotal branches which are distributed to the skin and dartos tunic of the
scrotum. As it crosses the Transversus perinæi superficialis it gives off the transverse
perineal artery which runs transversely on the cutaneous surface of the muscle, and
anastomoses with the corresponding vessel of the opposite side and with the perineal
and inferior hemorrhoidal arteries. It supplies the Transversus perinæi superficialis
and the structures between the anus and the urethral bulb. [WP,unvetted].
