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testicular artery

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Main Entry: testicular artery
Function: noun
: either of a pair of arteries which supply blood to the testes and of which one arises on each side from the front of theaorta a little below the corresponding renal artery and passes downward to the spermatic cord of the same side and along it to the testis called also internal spermatic artery
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testicular artery n.
An artery with origin in the aorta, with branches to the ureteral, cremasteric, and epididymal arteries, with distribution to the testicle, and with anastomoses to the branches of the renal, inferior epigastric, and deferential arteries. Also called internal spermatic artery.

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