uterine artery

The branch of the internal iliac artery that supplies the uterus and the upper part of the vagina. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the uterine artery is

The branch of the internal iliac artery that supplies the uterus and the upper part of the vagina. The atlas records it as a artery at the organ scale in the human body.

Where the uterine artery is

It sits within the cardiovascular and reproductive systems. Not positioned individually. Drawn inside the structure this dataset says contains it — the containment is asserted, the exact spot within it is not.

What the uterine artery connects to

The atlas records 9 typed relationships for it, across 4 kinds of connection. part of material anatomical entity, reproductive system and uterus.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the uterine artery. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as arteria uterina. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0002493, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Part of: material anatomical entity, reproductive system and uterus.
A kind of: anatomical structure and ovarian artery.
Supplies: ovary, upper part of vagina and uterus.
contributes to morphology of: uterus.

Questions

Where is the uterine artery?

What does the uterine artery connect to?

Part of: material anatomical entity, reproductive system and uterus.

Is the uterine artery the same in other species?

Leumas holds the same relationship vocabulary for every species it carries, so where another dataset records this structure you can put the two side by side on /compare.