PELVIC ARTERIES 



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branches which supply the parts within and without the pelvic 

 wall, including the perineum, and all of the pelvic viscera except 

 the ovaries. (Branches to the exterior of the pelvis pass through 

 the sciatic and obturator foramin.) 



Visceral branches. Middle hemorrhoidal, to the rectum. 



Vesical (two) to the bladder. 



. Mesenteric 



vein 



Cecum 



Appendix 



Small in- 

 testine 



FIG. 136. SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY AND VEIN. (Morris.} 

 Supplying the whole of the small intestine, and about one-half of the large intestine. 



Uterine to the uterus. 

 Vaginal (several) to the vagina. 



The uterine artery (Fig. 138) passes between the layers of the 

 broad ligament to the cervix of the uterus, then runs upward along 



