[An attempt at classification of the vaginal arteries. Functional and surgical implications].
It has been possible to attempt to classify the vaginal arteries after studying 10 specimens of total contents of the pelvis removed at autopsy. The classical descriptions are confirmed except for these features: The longitudinal vaginal artery supplies the anterior and inferior part of the vagina and probably also the bladder. The middle haemorrhoidal artery supplies, as far as we can see, mainaly the posterior portion of the vagina. Finally, in a last section, we discuss some surgical and functional implications arising from these deductions.
D001158:Arteries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000098:blood supply / Q000502:physiology; D014621:Vagina / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000502:physiology
Essai de systématisation des artères vaginales. Implications fonctionnelles et chirurgicales