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acetabular artery
An arterial branch that supplies the acetabulum.
Distribution:
-> acetabulum
Course:
-> runs through the ligament of the head of femur to the femoral head
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: acetabular artery
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium