Umbilical artery

Umbilical artery
Artery: Umbilical artery
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Fetal circulation; the umbilical vein is the large, red vessel at the far left. The umbilical arteries are purple and wrap around the umbilical vein.
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Scheme of placental circulation.
Latin a. umbilicalis
Gray's subject #139 540
Source internal iliac artery   
Branches superior vesical artery
artery of the ductus deferens
Vein umbilical vein
MeSH Umbilical+Arteries

The umbilical artery is a paired artery (with one for each half of the body) that is found in the abdominal and pelvic regions. In the fetus, it extends into the umbilical cord.

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Umbilical arteries in the fetus

Umbilical arteries supply deoxygenated blood from the fetus to the placenta in the umbilical cord. There are usually two umbilical arteries present together with one umbilical vein in the cord. The umbilical arteries are actually the latter of the internal iliac arteries that supply the hind limbs with blood and nutrients in the fetus. The umbilical arteries surround the urinary bladder and then carry all the deoxygenated blood out of the fetus through the umbilical cord.

The umbilical arteries are the only arteries in the human body, aside from the pulmonary arteries, that carry deoxygenated blood.

The pressure inside the umbilical artery is approximately 50 mmHg.[1]

Inside the placenta, the umbilical arteries connect with each other at a distance of approximately 5 mm from the cord insertion in what is called the Hyrtl anastomosis.[2] Subsequently, they branch into chorionic arteries or intraplacental fetal arteries.[3]

Umbilical artery in the adult

The umbilical artery is a branch of the anterior division of the internal iliac artery and represents the patent (open) part of the embryonic umbilical artery. (The non-patent obliterated part of the artery is the medial umbilical ligament.) The umbilical artery is found in the pelvis, and gives rise to the superior vesical arteries. In males, it also gives rise to the artery to the ductus deferens.

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See also

  • Single umbilical artery

References

  1. ^ Fetal and maternal blood circulation systems From Online course in embryology for medicine students. Universities of Fribourg, Lausanne and Bern (Switzerland). Retrieved on 6 April 2009
  2. ^ Gordon, Z.; Elad, D.; Almog, R.; Hazan, Y.; Jaffa, A. J.; Eytan, O. (2007). "Anthropometry of fetal vasculature in the chorionic plate". Journal of Anatomy 211 (6): 698–706. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00819.x. PMC 2375851. PMID 17973911. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=2375851.  edit
  3. ^ Hsieh, FJ; Kuo, PL; Ko, TM; Chang, FM; Chen, HY (1991). "Doppler velocimetry of intraplacental fetal arteries". Obstetrics and gynecology 77 (3): 478–82. PMID 1992421.  edit

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