Ovarian artery

Looks like

A long thin artery leaving the aorta high in the belly and running down to the ovary.

What it does

Supplies the ovary and the outer part of the tube.

Keeping it well

Nothing routine; because it comes from so high, ovarian disease can spread to nodes beside the aorta.

Related conditions

• Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)