Hypogastric
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Hypogastric can refer to:
- The hypogastriumHypogastriumThe hypogastrium is an area of the human abdomen located below the navel. The pubis bone constitutes its lower limit....
, a region of the abdomen - The "hypogastric artery", an old name for the internal iliac arteryInternal iliac arteryThe internal iliac artery is the main artery of the pelvis.-Structure:The internal iliac artery supplies the walls and viscera of the pelvis, the buttock, the reproductive organs, and the medial compartment of the thigh...
- The "hypogastric vein", an old name for the internal iliac veinInternal iliac veinThe internal iliac vein begins near the upper part of the greater sciatic foramen, passes upward behind and slightly medial to the Internal iliac artery and, at the brim of the pelvis, joins with the external iliac vein to form the common iliac vein.-Tributaries:With the exception of the fetal...
- The "hypogastric lymph nodes", also called the internal iliac lymph nodesInternal iliac lymph nodesThe internal iliac lymph nodes surround the internal iliac artery and its branches , and receive the lymphatics corresponding to the distribution of the branches of it, i...
- The hypogastric nerve plexuses:
- superior hypogastric plexusSuperior hypogastric plexusThe superior hypogastric plexus is a plexus of nerves situated on the vertebral bodies below the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta.-Structure:...
- inferior hypogastric plexusInferior hypogastric plexusThe inferior hypogastric plexus is a plexus of nerves that supplies the viscera of the pelvic cavity.The inferior hypogastric plexus is a paired structure, with each situated on the side of the rectum in the male, and at the sides of the rectum and vagina in the female.-Sources:Contributions to...
- superior hypogastric plexus