Artery of round ligament of uterus

Blood vessel

Artery of round ligament of uterus
Arteries of the female reproductive tract
Details
Source	Inferior epigastric artery
Supplies	Round ligament of the uterus
Identifiers
Latin	arteria ligamenti teretis uteri
TA98	A12.2.16.007F
TA2	4363
FMA	70195
Anatomical terminology[edit on Wikidata]

The artery of the round ligament of the uterus, also known as Sampson's artery, is a branch of the inferior epigastric artery. It runs under, and supplies, the round ligament of the uterus. It constitutes an anastomosis of the uterine artery and ovarian artery. It was originally named after John A. Sampson (1873–1946), an American gynecologist who studied endometriosis.

Clinical significance

It is considered an insignificant artery that is dissected during hysterectomies. It can be the source of hemoperitoneum, but only rarely does it pose a hemodynamic risk to the patient if severed and it is easily cauterized or sutured to prevent bleeding.

References

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Arteries of the abdomen and pelvis

Abdominal
aorta

Inferior phrenic

Superior suprarenal

Celiac

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

Superior mesenteric

Suprarenal

Middle suprarenal

Renal

Gonadal

Lumbar

Lumbar arteries

Inferior mesenteric

Common iliac

Internal iliac

Posterior surface

Iliolumbar	Lumbar branch Iliac branch

Anterior surface

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

External iliac

Median sacral

Coccygeal glomus

Arteries of the human leg

Inferior epigastric

cremasteric ♂ / round ligament ♀

Deep circumflex iliac

no major branches

Femoral

In femoral canal	superficial epigastric superficial circumflex iliac superficial external pudendal deep external pudendal anterior scrotal ♂
Descending genicular	saphenous branch articular branches
Deep femoral artery	medial circumflex femoral ascending descending superficial deep acetabular lateral circumflex femoral descending transverse ascending perforating Cruciate anastomosis Trochanteric anastomosis

Popliteal

Genicular	superior genicular (medial, lateral) middle genicular inferior genicular (medial, lateral)
Sural	no major branches
Anterior tibial	tibial recurrent posterior anterior anterior malleolar medial lateral dorsalis pedis: tarsal (medial, lateral)
Tibial-fibular (Tibial-peroneal) trunk	Posterior tibial circumflex fibular medial plantar lateral plantar fibular (peroneal)
Arches	arcuate dorsal metatarsal first dorsal metatarsal deep plantar dorsal digital arteries plantar arch plantar metatarsal common plantar digital proper plantar digital

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