Testicular arteries

Looks like

A long, thin artery on each side, leaving the aorta just below the kidneys' arteries and running down the back wall and through the groin into the scrotum.

What it does

Supplies the testis and epididymis.

Keeping it well

Twisting of the cord (torsion) or injury in hernia and vasectomy surgery can cut it off; sudden testicular pain needs same-day emergency care.

Related conditions

• Bone metastases and spinal cord compression
• Hernia (inguinal, hiatal, umbilical)
• 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)
• Testicular torsion
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)