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superficial external pudendal artery

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0007317

An artery that arises from the medial side of the femoral artery, close to the superficial epigastric artery and superficial iliac circumflex artery. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superficial_external_pudendal_artery ]

Synonyms: arteriae pudendales externa superficialis, superficial external pudic artery, arteriae pudendae externa superficialis

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human_reference_atlas

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After piercing the femoral sheath and fascia cribrosa, it courses medialward, across the spermatic cord (or round ligament in the female), to be distributed to the integument on the lower part of the abdomen, the penis and scrotum in the male, and the labium majus in the female, anastomosing with branches of the internal pudendal artery. it crosses superficial to the inguinal ligament[WP]

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Gray549.png

has related synonym

arteria pudenda externa superficialis

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UBERON:0007317

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Superficial external pudendal artery

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606