Inferior rectal artery
Infobox Artery
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Latin = arteria rectalis inferior, arteria hæmorrhoidalis inferior
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Caption = The inferior rectal arteries(unlabeled) surround the anus.
Caption2 = The bloodvessels of therectum andanus , showing the distribution and anastomosis on the posterior surface near the termination of the gut. (Labeled as hemorrhoidal artery.)
BranchFrom =internal pudendal artery
BranchTo =
Vein =Inferior rectal veins
Supplies =anal canal
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DorlandsPre = a_61
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The inferior rectal artery (inferior hemorrhoidal artery) is anartery that supplies blood to the lower half of theanal canal .tructure
The inferior rectal artery arises from the
internal pudendal artery as it passes above theischial tuberosity .Piercing the wall of the
pudendal canal , it divides into two or three branches which cross theischioanal fossa , and are distributed to the muscles and integument of the anal region, and send offshoots around the lower edge of thegluteus maximus to the skin of thebuttock .They anastomose with the corresponding vessels of the opposite side, with the superior and middle rectal arteries, and with the
perineal artery .ee also
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Superior rectal artery
*Middle rectal artery
*Inferior rectal nerve
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* - "Branches of internal pudendal artery in the male perineum."
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