Aorta abdominalis. 



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567. The Ramification of the Inferior Mesenteric 



Artery. 



The other branches ofthe abdominal aorta, one on each side, are : 



1. The suprarenal arteries, Arteriae suprarenales. 



2. The renal arteries, Arteriae renales, which arise below the superior 

 mesenteiic artery, give offcapsular branches to the connective tissue and fat 

 around the kidney, also smaller branches to the pelvis of the kidney and the 

 ureter, and then enter the substance of the kidney. 



3. The internal spermatic arteries, Arteriae spermaticae internae ; 

 the one on the left side arises from the aorta below the renal artery, while 

 the right usually arises from the right renal artery. In the male they are directed 

 outwards , to the internal abdominal ring, and accompany the other consti- 

 tuents of the spermatic cord along the spermatic canal to the testis ; in the 

 female they pass to the ovaries and along the Fallopian tubes to the uterus, 

 and anastomose with a branch of the uterine arteries (see Fig. 575). 



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