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Superficial external pudendal artery
Introduction
The superficial external pudendal artery (superficial external pudic artery) arises from the medial side of the femoral artery, close to the superficial epigastric artery and superficial iliac circumflex artery.
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.
Additional images
Additional images
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The great saphenous vein and its tributaries at the fossa ovalis. -
The femoral vein and its tributaries.
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]