Artery Testicular

Testicular artery - a.testicularis (previously the Latin name - a.cruralis medialis) is an artery that carries blood from the femoral artery to the organs of the scrotum: the testicles and their appendages. It is an integral part of the penis.

Anatomically, the testicular artery is a branch of the internal iliac artery. From it there is a division into two lateral branches - the sacrofemoral arteries, which are further divided into the anterior and posterior scrotal arteries. The largest of the arteries supplying the organs of the scrotum is the right accessory artery. It runs along the lateral surface of the scrotum, originates from the external spermatic artery, lies on top of the hernial canal, and almost always crosses the external inguinal ring. At the end of the accessory artery are the testicles.

The testicular artery provides blood supply to the male reproductive gland, as well as its appendages. Functionally, the testicular aorta is part of the urinary tract. It can be right or left. It depends on which direction the bladder has shifted and where the ovary began its development. In 95% of men, the ureter is the left kidney. Sometimes it occurs in the right kidney and then moves to the left kidney (ureteral transposition). Therefore, in 4.5% of cases in men, the right ovary develops a left ureter, which subsequently enters the left urinary tract. If during intrauterine development the ureters have shifted in opposite directions, then one kidney will lie longitudinally, the other transversely. If both urinary drainages are shifted to the right kidney, the urinary sac with the ovary is located on the right, left and lower abdominal cavity.