Vas privatum

As Vas privatum ( latin vas "vessel" and privatus "own", "personal", plural : Vasa privata ) is a blood vessel of an organ called serving the self-sufficiency of the organ, especially for the delimitation of a Vas public.

In some organs with a special, superordinate function within the bloodstream, there are also vessels that serve to maintain this function. Such is called Vas publicum ( Latin vas "vessel" and publicus "public"; plural: Vasa publica ).

Blood vessels can also take on the function of Vasa privata and Vasa publica at the same time, e.g. B. the renal arteries (Arteriae renales).

Organs with Vasa publica
organ	Vasa privata	Vasa publica	Function that the Vasa publica serve
heart	Coronary vessels	left: pulmonary veins , aorta ; right: venae cavae , arteriae pulmonales	Blood circulation pump
Lungs	Arteriae and Venae bronchiales	Arteriae and Venae pulmonales	Gas exchange
liver	Hepatic artery propria	Vena portae hepatis	Diversion of substances to maintain the enterohepatic circulation
Kidneys	Renal arteries and veins		Filtration of the blood
penis	Blood vessels of the penis, especially the helicinae arteries		erection

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Gerhard Aumüller et al .: Duale series anatomy . 2nd Edition. Thieme, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-13-136042-7 .

[Aumüller-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Gerhard Aumüller et al .: Duale series anatomy . 2nd Edition. Thieme, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-13-136042-7 .