testicular artery
Either of a pair of arteries which supply blood to the testes, and of which one arises…Either of a pair of arteries which supply blood to the testes, and of which one arises on each side from the front of the abdominal aorta a little below the corresponding renal artery and passes downward to the spermatic cord of the same side and along it to the testis.
Meaning
1 sensesEither of a pair of arteries which supply blood to the testes, and of which one arises on each side from the front of the abdominal aorta a little below the corresponding renal artery and passes downward to the spermatic cord of the same side and along it to the testis.
- a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles
Forms
plural: testicular arteries| Singular | testicular artery |
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Synonyms
2 synonyms- a branch of the aorta supplying the testicles:internal spermatic arteryarteria testicularis
See also
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