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ArteriesofRectumandAnalCanal:Male
Vasculature
Posterior view
Inferior mesenteric artery
Abdominal aorta
Inferior vena cava
Median sacral artery
Common iliac artery
External iliac artery
Internal iliac artery
Superior gluteal
artery
Inferior
gluteal
artery
Accessory
obturator
artery
Inferior
epigastric
artery
Left colic artery
Ascending branch
Descending branch
Sigmoid arteries
Marginal artery
Rectosigmoid arteries
Superior
rectal
artery
(bifurcation)
Middle
rectal
artery
Ischial spine
Obturator
internus muscle
Internal
pudendal artery
Pudendal canal (Alcock’s)
Inferior rectal artery
Levator ani muscle
External anal
sphincter muscle
Obturator artery
Internal pudendal
artery
Umbilical artery
Inferior vesical artery
Artery to ductus deferens
Superior vesical artery
Middle rectal artery
Inferior rectal artery