vesical artery

noun

Medical Definition of vesical artery

: any of several arteries that arise from the internal iliac artery or one of its branches and that supply the urinary bladder and adjacent parts: as

a : any of several arteries that arise from the umbilical artery and supply the upper part of the bladder

— called also superior vesical, superior vesical artery

b : one that arises from the internal iliac artery or the internal pudendal artery and that supplies the bladder, prostate, and seminal vesicles

— called also inferior vesical, inferior vesical artery