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cord in the adult ; it extends from the aorta to the fundus of the 

 bladder, inside the free border of the lateral false Hgament, 

 winding partly round the vas deferens. 



The Internal pudic, or Artery of the Bulb, passes t^clv- 

 ■wards and downwards, related with the supero-lateral aspect of 

 the bladder ; it winds over the ischial arch, supplying the bulb 

 and crura of the penis. It gives off posteriorly several twigs to 



Fig. 153. 



Distribution of the internal iliac[arteri«s— xhe pelvis opened from the right side 

 and the viscera removed. I, The tail ; 11, The penis ; A, Posterior aorta ; B B, 

 External iliacs ; C, Internal iliacs ; C Mlcl'lle sacral ; 1 1, Last lumbers ; i 2, Internal 

 pudics cut ; 3 3, Lateral sacrals ; a a,Sacro-8piuals ; & b, Lliidls coccvgeal ; c c, Lateral 

 coccygeals ; d, Superior branch of same , « e, Ischiaiicj ; 4, Ilio-iumbai ; 5, Gluteal ; 

 b, Illaco-femoral ; /, Nutrient artery of ilium; 7, Obtoratcr; g, Natrloni artery of 

 ischium ; h. Inferior branch ; i, Cavernous and crural portior.. 



Cowper's gland, and anteriorly the vesico-prosicMc artery, which 

 gives a posterior branch to the prostate gland, an anterior one to 

 the vas deferens, and also twigs to the buJb of the latter, to the 

 vesicula seminalis, and v/alls of the bladder ; one branch is the 

 perineal artery which passes the ischial arch, and supplies the 

 anus and urethral muscle superiorly. In the female the internal 



