Urethral artery

Urethral artery

Infobox Artery
Name = Urethral artery
Latin = arteria urethralis
GraySubject = 155
GrayPage = 619



Caption = Diagram of the arteries of the penis.


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BranchFrom = internal pudendal artery [cite book |author=Kyung Won, PhD. Chung |title=Gross Anatomy (Board Review) |publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |location=Hagerstown, MD |year=2005 |pages=269 |isbn=0-7817-5309-0 |oclc= |doi=] or perineal artery [eMedicineDictionary|Urethral+artery]
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Supplies = membranous urethra, glans penis
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DorlandsPre = a_61
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The urethral artery arises a short distance in front of the artery of the urethral bulb.

It runs forward and medialward, pierces the inferior fascia of the urogenital diaphragm and enters the corpus cavernosum urethræ, in which it is continued forward to the glans penis.

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