Deep artery of clitoris
Arteria profunda clitoridis
- Related terms: Deep artery of clitoris female
Definition
The deep artery of clitoris is one of the terminal branches of the internal pudendal artery, arises from that vessel while it is situated between the two fasciæ of the urogenital diaphragm; it pierces the inferior fascia, and, entering the crus of clitoris obliquely, runs forward in the center ofthe corpus cavernosum clitoridis, to which its branches are distributed.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
