umbilical arteries (embryology)
 
   

The umbilical arteries are developmental vessels which pass bilaterally from the dorsal aortae to the placenta. Derivatives include the:

  • common iliac arteries
  • internal iliac arteries
  • superiror vesical arteries
  • medial umbilical ligament

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