[The vesical medial artery, Rauch 1963, of the dog (Canis familiaris)].

The Authors study 30 adult dogs from both sexes, on the "vesical medial artery--Rauch, 1963" injected with latex through the aorta. They conclude that: 1--the vessel should be named "ventral vesical artery"; 2--it is a sharply defined structure and can't be confused with the "inferior" or "caudal vesical artery"; 3--emerging from the deep femoral artery (A. profunda femoris), caudal epigastric artery (A. epigastrica caudalis), or from the pudendoepigastric trunk (Truncus pudendoepigastricus), the "ventral vesical artery" appeared bilaterally (6.66%); unilaterally to the right (13.33%) and unilaterally to the left (3.33%); 4--when present, the "ventral vesical artery" supplies the ventral area of the bladder (Vesica urinaria) and regional fat, and eventually, gives a few branches to the prostate gland and urethra.