See Also: middle rectal artery(medicine)
middle rectal node(medicine)
middle rectal veins(medicine)
middle rectal plexuses(medicine)
middle rectal lymph node(medicine)
middle transverse rectal fold(medicine)
anastomotic branch of middle meningeal artery to lacrimal artery(medicine)
superior rectal artery(medicine)
inferior rectal artery(medicine)
middle meningeal artery(medicine)

middle rectal artery (medicine)


middle rectal artery
<anatomy, artery> Origin, internal iliac; distribution, middle portion of rectum; anastomoses, inferior rectal and superior rectal. Because the latter is a tributary of the portal system, this is a portosystemic or portocaval anastomosis.

Synonym: arteria rectalis media, middle haemorrhoidal artery.