Adrenal artery

Adrenal artery
Posterior abdominal wall, after removal of the peritoneum, showing kidneys, suprarenal capsules, and great vessels
Details
Source	Superior: Inferior phrenic artery Middle: Abdominal aorta Inferior: Renal artery
Vein	Suprarenal veins
Supplies	Adrenal glands
Latin	Arteria suprarenalis (singular)
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The adrenal arteries are arteries in the human abdomen that supply blood to the adrenal glands.

The adrenal glands receive input from three different arteries on both the left and right sides of the body:

References

Ahuja, Anil; Gregory E. Antonio; James F. Griffith; Simons M. Ho; K.t. Wong; Winnie C. W. Chu (2007). Diagnostic and Surgical Imaging Anatomy: Ultrasound. Canada: Lippincott Williams + Wilkins. p. 1000. ISBN 978-1-931884-38-9.

Left gastric	Esophageal branches

Common hepatic	Proper hepatic cystic Right gastric Gastroduodenal right gastroepiploic superior pancreaticoduodenal supraduodenal

Splenic	Pancreatic branches greater dorsal Short gastrics Left gastroepiploic

Posterior trunk

Iliolumbar	Lumbar branch Iliac branch

Lateral sacral	superior branch inferior branch

Superior gluteal	superficial branch deep branch

Anterior trunk

Superior vesical artery	Umbilical artery Medial umbilical ligament to ductus deferens

Obturator	Anterior branch Pubic branch Posterior branch Acetabular branch Cruciate anastomosis Corona mortis

Middle rectal	Vaginal branch ♀ / Prostatic branch ♂

Uterine ♀	Arcuate Vaginal branches Ovarian branches Tubal branches Spiral

Vaginal ♀ / Inferior vesical ♂

Inferior gluteal	Accompanying of sciatic nerve Cruciate anastomosis

Internal pudendal	Inferior rectal Perineal posterior scrotal posterior labial Bulb of penis/vestibule Urethral Deep artery of the penis helicine Deep artery of clitoris Dorsal of the penis Dorsal of the clitoris

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