DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2014.v02i01.0086

Pages: 407-410

Testicular arteries are paired vessels that normally originate from the abdominal aorta at the level of second lumbar vertebrae and the testicular arteries may variable at their origin and arise from the renal artery, suprarenal artery or lumbar artery. Variations in the anatomical relationship of the gonadal arteries to the renal vessels are frequently reported. The present study was carried out in department of Anatomy Govt. Medical College, Ambedkar Nagar and L.L.R.M.Medical College Meerut U.P. The posterior abdominal walls of 33 male cadavers were dissected and studied during routine dissection for undergraduate and variations in the origin, course of the testicular arteries were recorded carefully. We observed variations of testicular artery origin in 16 cadavers (48.4%) out of 33 cadavers. Right side variation were present in 11 cadavers (33.3%) and Left side in 05 cadavers (15.1%).The knowledge about variable origin of the testicular arteries are importance to urologist, surgeons dealing with kidney retrieval and transplantation, radiologists, persons performing various endourologic procedures and innumerable interventional techniques and avoiding the complications in operative surgery.