Posterior scrotal arteries

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Artery: Posterior scrotal arteries
The superficial branches of the internal pudendal artery. (Posterior scrotal arteries labeled at center right.)
Latin	rami scrotales posteriores arteriae pudendae internae
Supplies	scrotum
Source	internal pudendal artery
Vein	posterior scrotal veins
Dorlands / Elsevier	r_02/12691939

The posterior scrotal arteries are branches of the internal pudendal artery.

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• http://anatomy.uams.edu/AnatomyHTML/arteries_pelvis&perineum.html
• Human anatomy at Dartmouth figures/chapter_32/32-2.HTM
• Human anatomy at Dartmouth figures/chapter_32/32-3.HTM

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