Inferior vesical artery

Inferior vesicle artery
The arteries of the pelvis.
Same picture, showing the source of inferior vesical artery, the internal iliac artery, with other branches.
Details
Source	Internal iliac artery
Vein	Vesical venous plexus
Supplies	Prostate, seminal vesicle, urinary bladder, vas deferens
Identifiers
Latin	arteria vesicalis inferior
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_61/12156518
TA	A12.2.15.027
FMA	18823
Anatomical terminology []

The inferior vesical artery is an artery in the pelvis that supplies the lower part of the bladder.

The inferior vesical artery is a branch (direct or indirect) of the anterior division of the internal iliac artery. It frequently arises in common with the middle rectal artery, and is distributed to the fundus of the bladder. In males, it also supplies the prostate and the seminal vesicles. The branches to the prostate communicate with the corresponding vessels of the opposite side.

Some texts consider it to be found only in males, and cite the vaginal artery as the homologous structure in females.

Other texts consider it to be present in both males and females. In these contexts, the inferior vesical artery in females is a small branch of a vaginal artery.

Inferior vesical artery.Deep dissection. Lateral view.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)