testicular artery

noun

Either of a pair of arteries which supply blood to the testes, and of which one arises on each side from the front of the abdominal aorta a little below the corresponding renal artery and passes downward to the spermatic cord of the same side and along it to the testis.

Similar
internal spermatic arteryarteria testicularis

Meanings

nountesticular artery (plural testicular arteries)

plural testicular arteries

  1. anatomyEither of a pair of arteries which supply blood to the testes, and of which one arises on each side from the front of the abdominal aorta a little below the corresponding renal artery and passes downward to the spermatic cord of the same side and along it to the testis.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna branch of the aorta supplying the testicles

Similar
internal spermatic arteryarteria testicularis
Broader
arteryarteriaarterial blood vessel

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

testicular artery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testicular%20artery

MLA

“testicular artery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testicular%20artery. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “testicular artery,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/testicular%20artery.

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