Vesical arteries

Vesical arteries are variable in number. They supply the bladder and terminal ureter. The two most prominent are the superior vesical artery and the inferior vesical artery.^[1] The superior vesical artery comes off of the internal iliac artery and sometimes the umbilical artery.^[2] The inferior vesical artery comes off of the internal iliac artery.^[3][4] The inferior vesical artery is a pelvic branch of the internal iliac artery in men; and in women it branches from the vaginal artery.^[5] This literature has been reviewed recently with observations of variation in pelvic vascularization and the close relationship between vaginal and bladder vascularization in women.^[6]

References

1. Andersson KE, Boedtkjer DB, Forman A (January 2017). "The link between vascular dysfunction, bladder ischemia, and aging bladder dysfunction". Therapeutic Advances in Urology. 9 (1): 11–27. doi:10.1177/1756287216675778. PMC 5167073. PMID 28042309.
2. Chantalat E, Merigot O, Chaynes P, Lauwers F, Delchier MC, Rimailho J (December 2014). "Radiological anatomical study of the origin of the uterine artery". Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy. 36 (10): 1093–1099. doi:10.1007/s00276-013-1207-0. PMID 24052200. S2CID 30449323.
3. Shehata R (1976). "The arterial supply of the urinary bladder". Acta Anatomica. 96 (1): 128–134. doi:10.1159/000144666. PMID 973536.
4. Liapis K, Tasis N, Tsouknidas I, Tsakotos G, Skandalakis P, Vlasis K, Filippou D (March 2020). "Anatomic variations of the Uterine Artery. Review of the literature and their clinical significance". Turkish Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 17 (1): 58–62. doi:10.4274/tjod.galenos.2020.33427. PMC 7171538. PMID 32341832.
5. "Inferior vesical artery". Kenhub. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
6. de Treigny OM, Roumiguie M, Deudon R, de Bonnecaze G, Carfagna L, Chaynes P, et al. (September 2017). "Anatomical study of the inferior vesical artery: is it specific to the male sex?". Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy. 39 (9): 961–965. doi:10.1007/s00276-017-1828-9. PMID 28229186. S2CID 5858187.