Median sacral artery

The median sacral artery ( " central artery Cross ") is an artery of the abdominal cavity. It is unpaired and arises from the abdominal aorta after the departure of the external iliac artery and interna. The median sacral artery passes ventral side of the sacrum and ends coccygeum in humans in the area of ​​Glomus. They supplied by small branches and the vertebral canal and anastomoses with the artery iliolumbalis. In animals, it has joined the median caudal artery continued, which is the main vessel of the tail.