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2 large venous returns to
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The hepatic portal vein is not a true vein, because it does not conduct blood directly to heart. It is a vessel in the abdominal cavity that drains blood from the gastrointestinal tract and spleen to capillary beds in the liver.
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What is the large vein draining the intestine to the sinusoids of the liver?
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Portal vein
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Which specific large veins return blood from roughly the cranial and caudal part of the body directly to the heart?
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Crainal vena cava and caudal vena cava
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What arteries travel u the neck to supply the head and face?
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Common carotid arteries
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Which veins return blood from the head and neck?
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External jugular veins
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What are the two superficial veins of the pelvic limb?
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Medial and lateral saphenous vein
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What is the direct continuation of the external iliac artery out of the abdominal cavity to the pelvic limb for which it is the main supply?
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Femoral artery
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Which side of the heart is part of pulmonic circulation?
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Right side
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Right ventricle..what side is it really on?
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cranial
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Apex of heart
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left
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What artery arises from 5th intercostal space to supply tissue of the lungs via its bronchial branch?
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Bronchoesophageal artery
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What artery travels on the floor of the thorax?
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Internal thoracic a.
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What vessels and nerves travel in the intercostal spaces caudal to the ribs?
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intercostal a.,v. and n
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What returns blood from the abdomen, pelvis and pelvic limb?
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caudal venae cavae
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What is the large lymphatic channel draining the caudal animal?
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thoracic duct
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Name 3 main unpaired branches of abdominal aorta?
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1. Celiac a.
2. cranial mesenteric a. 3. caudal mesenteric a. |
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What do the celiac, cranial and caudal mesenteric aa supply?
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viscera drained by portal vein
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what are the 3 branches of the celiac artery?
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hepatic, splenic and left gastric
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What vessels supply the fundus of the stomach?
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short gastric aa from splenic a
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What vein carries blood from abd viscera to the liver?
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portal v
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What are the primary abd organs not drained by the portal v? why?
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kidneys, adrenal glands, gonads, liver; not drained b/c hormones would be destroyed by the liver
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What artery supplies mesojejunum?
what artery (branch of above) runs on top of jejunum? |
Cranial mesenteric a. (splits to form jejunal branches)
antimesenteric ileal artery (it's away from mesentery) |
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What vein enters (branch of) left renal v, thus avoiding crossing the aorta?
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left gonadal vein
this is important surgically |
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What vessel brings blood from intestines, spleen, pancreas and enters liver via hilus?
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portal vein
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Azygous vein?
What does drains into? Where does it travel? Side of body? |
Drains into cranial vena cava, just where meets right atrium!!!
Travels backwards, goes along dorsal thorax, above aortic arch and below vertebral bodies. note: slightly on right, carnivores don't have a left azygous vein |
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external jugular vein
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drains head, formed by joining of linguofacial and maxillary vein
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Identify these 3 structures
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external pudendal a
inguinal lymph node caudal epigastric a&v |
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What does splenic vein drain into?
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splenic vein feeds into portal vein which also drains entire GI tract, pancreas
(rare shunts bypass liver) |