Vesical ( la, vesica, link=no) refers to the urinary bladder and its relevant and nearby structures and functions, including: * the vesical arteries, which provide the urinary bladder with oxygenated blood ** Superior vesical artery ***

Middle vesical artery The superior vesical artery supplies numerous branches to the upper part of the bladder. This artery often also gives branches to the vas deferens and can provide minor collateral circulation for the testicles. Anatomy The superior vesical artery ...

** Inferior vesical artery * the vesical venous plexus, the network of veins that collects deoxygenated blood from the urinary bladder * the

vesical veins The vesical veins are veins in the pelvis that drain blood from the urinary bladder. The vesical veins receive blood from the vesical venous plexus The vesical plexus envelops the lower part of the bladder and the base of the prostate The ...

, tributaries of the internal iliac veins, which drain the vesical venous plexus * the

vesical nervous plexus The vesical nervous plexus arises from the forepart of the pelvic plexus. The nerves composing it are numerous, and contain a large proportion of spinal nerve fibers. They accompany the vesicle arteries, and are distributed to the sides and fundu ...

, a nerve network in the anterior pelvis * the vesico-uterine pouch (or vesico-uterine excavation), a sac in the female pelvis in between the uterus and the urinary bladder * Vesical tenesmus, difficulty urinating

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