[Arteries of the hilum and parenchymal part of the ovary in reproductive age in microangiographic studies].
OBJECTIVE
The main aim of ours research was to recognize the arterial system of female ovaries in women in the reproductive age.


METHODS
Study was performed on 31 cases of organs taken from the minor pelvis, composing female genital organs, urinary bladder, rectum and the upper part of the vagina from women aged 15 to 40. The ovarian and the uterine arteries have been injected with fine-granular radiological contrast medium Hexabrix 200 and Ultravist 370. Global X-rays of the whole organs complex and the microangiography of the isolated uterine adnexa and ovarian glands scraps were made.


RESULTS
In all the examined cases the main source of ovarian blood supply was the ovarian arch created by the ending of the ovarian artery and the ovarian branch of the uterine artery. A different number of branches of the main vessel of the ovarian arch were going into the hilum of the ovary gland. The arterial branches on all length of the ovarian arch have been disposed as a dense net. Nearly all vessels of the ovarian arcade after short course have been divided several times and finally a higher number of branches were getting into the parenchymal parts of the ovarian gland. The vessels of the parenchymal part have been arranged regularly in the middle of the gland from the hilum to the free edge. In ends and peripheral parts of the ovary gland the number of vessels were significantly reduced. There were singles thinly vessels with non-typical course only.


CONCLUSIONS
The arteries of the uterine adnexa always come from two sources: ovarian artery and uterine artery, both are forming the ovarian arch. Arteries of ovarian medulla are running axially, from hilus to the free margin of the gland. The spiral arteries system of the gonad is uniform and dense in the middle part of the gland, peripheral parts of the ovary and the area of ends of the gonads have got poor vessel picture.
Kozik
Wojciech
W
Katedry i Zakładu Anatomii Prawidłowej Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie.
Czerwiński
Florian
F
Pilarczyk
Konrad
K
Partyka
Cezary
C
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007472:Iohexol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D007485:Ioxaglic Acid; D008852:Microradiography / Q000379:methods; D006080:Ovarian Follicle / Q000098:blood supply; D010053:Ovary / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014599:Uterus / Q000098:blood supply*
D003287:Contrast Media; D007472:Iohexol; C038192:iopromide; D007485:Ioxaglic Acid