Inferior rectal artery
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Structure
The inferior rectal artery arises from the internal pudendal artery as it passes above the ischial tuberosity.
Piercing the wall of the pudendal canal, it divides into two or three branches which cross the ischioanal fossa, and are distributed to the muscles and integument of the anal region, and send offshoots around the lower edge of the gluteus maximus to the skin of the buttock.
They anastomose with the corresponding vessels of the opposite side, with the superior and middle rectal arteries, and with the perineal artery. These anastomoses can be seen during angiography performed for hemorrhoidal artery embolization.
Function
The inferior rectal artery supplies oxygenated blood to the anal sphincter and the lower third of the anal canal below the pectinate line.[1][2]
Additional images
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The perineum. The integument and superficial layer of superficial fascia reflected.
See also
References
Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from Template:Wikidatathe 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918) Template:Main other
External links
- Anatomy figure: 41:04-05 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Inferior view of female perineum, branches of the internal pudendal artery."
- Anatomy figure: 42:03-05 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Branches of internal pudendal artery in the male perineum."
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- perineum at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (Template:NormanAnatomyFig)
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