Preferred Label : deep external pudendal artery;
Uberon 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.;
Origin ID : 0007316;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Uberon cross reference
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.
