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30 Cards in this Set
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What branch comes off of the first part of the axillary artery? |
Superior thoracic |
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What branches come off the second part of the axillary artery? |
Thoracoacromial and lateral thoracic branches |
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What branches come off the third part of the axillary artery? |
Anterior and posterior circumflex humeral arteries, subscapular artery |
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Where does the axillary artery become the brachial artery? |
When it passes the inferior border of teres major |
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The anterior compartment holds these types of muscles and moves this joint |
Flexors; elbow |
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What two arteries does the brachial artery divide into? Where does this happen? |
The radial and ulnar arteries; the cubital fossa of the elbow |
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Ulnar artery is always located in this respective position, whereas radial is always in this position: |
Medial; lateral |
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What does the profunda brachii artery supply? Where is it located? |
Flexors in the arm, bone The deep brachial artery (profunda brachii) branches off the brachial artery shortly after the circumflex humeral arteries |
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The profunda brachii often anastamoses with what artery? |
Posterior humeral circumflex |
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The radial collateral and middle collateral arteries are branches of what? What do the anastamose with and where? |
The profunda brachii; run down the lateral side of arm to anastamose with radial recurrent artery |
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What arteries anastamose medially around the epicondylar joint? (4) |
Superior and inferior collateral ulnar arteries with anterior and posterior recurrent ulnar arteries |
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The posterior recurrent artery anastamoses with what collateral artery? What is the greater artery name assigned to these arteries? |
Superior; ulnar |
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What artery is the common interosseus artery a branch of? |
Ulnar |
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What artery runs along the interosseus ligament, right down the middle of the forearm? |
anterior interosseus artery |
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What does the middle collateral artery anastamose with? What is this artery a branch of? |
Recurrent interosseus artery; posterior interosseus artery |
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The ulnar makes a bigger contribution to this palmar arch, whereas the radial makes a bigger contribution to this arch: |
superficial (ulnar), deep (radial) |
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What artery supplies the dorsum of the hand? |
The radial artery |
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What is the anatomic snuffbox? What artery passes through it? |
A ligament-defined triangle between the wrist and thumb on the medial side; radial |
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What palmar arch supplies the common digital arteries? |
The superficial |
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What's the name of the arteries that run alongside the outside of your fingers? |
The proper digital arteries |
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Palmar metacarpal arteries arise from what artery? |
Deep palmar arch |
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What artery gives blood directly to the thumb? What artery is this artery a branch of? |
Princeps pollicis; radial |
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What artery supplies the lateral side of the index finger? |
Radialis indicis |
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What are the two terminal branches of the radial artery? |
Radialis indicis and princeps pollicis |
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From what artery does the dorsal carpal arch originate? What arteries come off the dorsal arch? |
Radial, dorsal metacarpals |
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Where does the basilic vein start and run? -With what vein does is connect to at the top to form this other vein? |
Dorsal part of hand, medially on arm -Connects with brachial vein to form axillary |
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This vein runs up the arm laterally and sandwiches between these two muscles at the top of the arm: |
Cephalic; Pec. major and deltoid |
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What vein does the cephalic vein empty into? |
Axillary |
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The median cubital vein joins which two veins? |
Cephalic and basilic |
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In venipuncture, what vein is used? |
Median cubital |
