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2 large venous returns to
abdominal cavity?
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.
What is the large vein draining the intestine to the sinusoids of the liver?
Portal vein
Which specific large veins return blood from roughly the cranial and caudal part of the body directly to the heart?
Crainal vena cava and caudal vena cava
What arteries travel u the neck to supply the head and face?
Common carotid arteries
Which veins return blood from the head and neck?
External jugular veins
What are the two superficial veins of the pelvic limb?
Medial and lateral saphenous vein
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?
Femoral artery
Which side of the heart is part of pulmonic circulation?
Right side
Right ventricle..what side is it really on?
cranial
Apex of heart
left
What artery arises from 5th intercostal space to supply tissue of the lungs via its bronchial branch?
Bronchoesophageal artery
What artery travels on the floor of the thorax?
Internal thoracic a.
What vessels and nerves travel in the intercostal spaces caudal to the ribs?
intercostal a.,v. and n
What returns blood from the abdomen, pelvis and pelvic limb?
caudal venae cavae
What is the large lymphatic channel draining the caudal animal?
thoracic duct
Name 3 main unpaired branches of abdominal aorta?
1. Celiac a.
2. cranial mesenteric a.
3. caudal mesenteric a.
What do the celiac, cranial and caudal mesenteric aa supply?
viscera drained by portal vein
what are the 3 branches of the celiac artery?
hepatic, splenic and left gastric
What vessels supply the fundus of the stomach?
short gastric aa from splenic a
What vein carries blood from abd viscera to the liver?
portal v
What are the primary abd organs not drained by the portal v? why?
kidneys, adrenal glands, gonads, liver; not drained b/c hormones would be destroyed by the liver
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)
What vein enters (branch of) left renal v, thus avoiding crossing the aorta?
left gonadal vein

this is important surgically
What vessel brings blood from intestines, spleen, pancreas and enters liver via hilus?
portal vein
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
external jugular vein
drains head, formed by joining of linguofacial and maxillary vein
Identify these 3 structures
external pudendal a
inguinal lymph node
caudal epigastric a&v
What does splenic vein drain into?
splenic vein feeds into portal vein which also drains entire GI tract, pancreas
(rare shunts bypass liver)