THE UTERINE AND OVARIAN ARTERIES

(AFTER HENLE.) AI, the common iliac; f, the internal iliac; J, the external illac; SPI, the aortic uterines UT, the hypogastric uterine. —Ulmar recurrent a. Lat., arteria recurrens ulnar is. Ger., zuriicklaufende Ellenbogenarterie. A term sometimes applied to the anterior ulnar recurrent a. (q. v.). [L.]—Umpbilical arteries, Umbilico-festal arteries [B. Fidel Lat., arteriæ umbilicales. Fr., artéres ombilicales, Ger., Nubelpulsadern. It., arterie ombellicali. Sp., arterias umbilicales. The arteries of the foetus which arise from the ppnastiG arterles and proceed to the umbilicus and thence through the umbilical cord to the placenta, where they divide into numerous branches distributed to the chorionic villi. to which they convey venous blood to be aerated.—Ureterle ar- See Superior and Inferior ureteric a. and Middle ureteric.—Urethral a. See A, of the bulb of the urethra.— hro-bulbar a. See A. of the bulb of the urethra and Transverse perineal a,—Uterine arteries. Lat., arteriæ uterine. Fr., artères utérines. See Aortic and Hypogastric uterine a. and Circular a. of the uterus—Utero-ovarian a. Lat., arteria uteroovarica. ‘Fr., artère utéro-ovarienne. Sp., arteria utero-ovdrica. See Aortic uterine a.—Utero-placental arteries. Fr., artères utéro-placenta ires (ou spirates). Numerous small spiral arteries of the gravid uterus, formerly imagined to open directly into the placental lacunæ, but now known to lose their distinctive character when they penetrate into the placenta, [Kolliker (A, 127).]— Uveal arteries. See Posterior and Short ciliary arteries.—Vaginal a. Lat., arteria vaginal is. Fr., artère vaginale. Ger., Scheidenpulsader. A branch of the internal iliac a. of the female, corresponding to the inferior vesical a. of the male, which is distributed to the vagina, the bulb of the vestibule, the lower part of the bladder, and the contiguous part of the rectum. [L, 142, 172.]— Vertebral a. Lat., arteria vertebral is. Fr., artére vertébrale. Ger., Wirbelpulsader. Sp., arteria vertebral. A branch of the first part of the subclavian a., which pa es backward aud enters the foramen in the transverse proce of the sixth cervical vertebra, ascends in the corresponding foramina of the other cervical vertebræ, and enters the cranium through the foramen magnum; pa ing upward and forward to the front of the medulla, it unites with its fellow to form the basilar a. It gives off branches, some of which are distributed to the muscles of the neck and others of which enter the spinal canal through the intervertebral foramina, [L, 142, 172.] See also Inferior vertebral arteries and Primitive Aortx,—Vesical (or Vesicular) arteries. See Superior and Inferior vesical a. and Middle vesical arteries.—Vesico-vaginal a. Lat., arteria vesico-vaginal is. 1. See Vaginal a. 2. The analogue in the female of the vesico-prostatic arteries of the male. L.]—Vesico-prostatic arteries. Lat., arteriæ vesico-prostaticæ. ranches of the middle hemorrhoidal a., distributed to the prostate land and the vesiculæ semina les, [L, 31.]|—Vestibular arteries. ranches of the internal auditory a., distributed to the membranous labyrinth. [L, 172.]—Vidian a. Lat., arteria vidiana. Fr., artère vidienne, Ger., vidische Pulsader. À branch of the internal maxillary a., which pa es through the vidian canal to be distributed to the Eustachian tube and the upper part of the pharynx, 5.|—Vitelline arteries. Lat., arteriæ vitellinæ. Fr., artel lines. Sp., arterias vitelinas, See Omphato-mesenteric Volar a. of the little finger. See ARTERIA volar is digit i minim i.—Volar digital arteries. See Palmar digital arteries —Volar intero eal arteries. See Palmar intero eous arteries.—Volar radial arteries. The digital arteries on the radial side of the pal a g aspect of the fingers, [L, 179.|—Volar ulnar a. of the little finger. See ARTERIA volar is digit i minim i.