Arteries

Front 1

Ascending Aorta

Back 1

Goes from left ventricle to the aortic arch

Front 2

Aortic Arch

Back 2

branches into the brachiocephalic trunk, the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery

Goes inferiorly to the descending aorta

Front 3

Descending Aorta

Back 3

-Goes from the aortic arch down to the abdominal aorta
- branches off into the posterior intercostal arteries

Front 4

Left subclavian

Back 4

-Has 3 branches
- superior side: left vertebral artery and the thyocervical trunk
-inferior side: left internal thoracic artery
-becomes axillary in armpit, and brachial in arm

Front 5

Left common carotid

Back 5

goes from the aortic arch and branches into the internal and external carotid arteries

Front 6

Internal carotid

Back 6

-goes inside the skull and comes out behind the optic nerve. supplies blood to the anterior side of brain

Front 7

External carotid

Back 7

-splits into facial artery and superficial temporal artery

Front 8

brachiocephalic trunk

Back 8

-branches off the aortic arch
-becomes the right common carotid and right subclavian arteries

Front 9

Basilar artery

Back 9

-the joining of the two vertebral arteries to form the blood supply for the posterior half of the brain

Front 10

facial artery

Back 10

artery that branches off of the external carotid, is seen along with the facial vein as two loops posterior to the lips

Front 11

superficial temporal artery

Back 11

-found under the parotid gland, found on the superior portion of the temporalis muscle

Front 12

vagus nerve

Back 12

-found in the neck between the carotid and the internal jugular, wraps around the arch of the aorta and innervates the heart

Front 13

Posterior intercostal arteries

Back 13

-string-like arteries coming out of the descending aorta.
-visible when the descending aorta is pulled up anteriorly

Front 14

Celiac Trunk

Back 14

-branches off from the abdominal aorta
-bifurcates into splenic artery and the common hepatic artery
-left gastric artery comes off of here

Front 15

Splenic artery

Back 15

-one of the two branches off of the celiac trunk.
-runs from the celiac trunk to the spleen.
-left gastropepiploic artery branches off of here

Front 16

Left Gastroepiploic artery

Back 16

-branches off of the splenic artery and runs around the greater curve of the stomach.
-meets up and merges with the right gastroepiploic artery

Front 17

Right gastroepiploic artery

Back 17

-one of the branches of the bifurcation of the gastroduodenal artery
-runs around the greater curve of the stmoach and meets up with the left gastroepiploic artery

Front 18

Left Gastric artery

Back 18

-Comes off right between the two branches of the celiac trunk
-runs around the lesser curve of the stomach and meets up with the right gastric artery

Front 19

Right Gastric artery

Back 19

-is found branching off of the middle of the bifurcation of the common hepatic artery, as it branches into the proper hepatic and gastroduodenal arteries

Front 20

Common hepatic artery

Back 20

-one of the two branches of the bifurcation of the celiac trunk
-runs from the celiac trunk until it bifurcates into the proper hepatic and gastroduodenal arteries

Front 21

Proper hepatic Artery

Back 21

-the superior of the two branches of the bifurcation of the common hepatic artery
-runs from the bifurcation to the liver
-cystic artery branches off of here

Front 22

Gastroduodenal Artery

Back 22

-The inferior of the two branches of the bifurcation of the common hepatic artery
-Bifurcates into the pancreaticoduodenal artery and the right gastroepiploic artery

Front 23

Superior mesenteric artery

Back 23

-A branch off of the abdominal aorta
-branches into Jejunal, Ileal, right Colic and middle colic arteries

Front 24

Jejunal Artery

Back 24

a Branch off of the superior meseneteric artery

Front 25

Ileal Artery

Back 25

A branch off of the superior mesenteric artery

Front 26

Right colic Artery

Back 26

-A branch off the superior mesenteric artery
- goes to the Ascending colon portion of the large intestine

Front 27

Middle colic Artery

Back 27

- A branch off of the superior mesenteric artery
-Goes to the transverse colon portion of the large intestine

Front 28

Left and Right Renal Arteries

Back 28

-Branch off from the abdominal aorta and go to the kidneys

Front 29

left and right gonadal Arteries

Back 29

-Branch off of the abdominal aorta and go to the gonads

Front 30

inferior mesenteric Artery

Back 30

-Branches off of the Abodominal Aorta, then branches into Left Colic, Sigmoidal, and Rectal Arteries

Front 31

Left colic Artery

Back 31

-Branches off from the inferior mesenteric Artery
-Runs to the descending colon portion of the large intestine

Front 32

Sigmoidal Artery

Back 32

-Branches off from the inferior mesenteric Artery
-Runs to the sigmoid colon

Front 33

Rectal Artery

Back 33

-Branches off from the inferior mesenteric Artery
-Guess what it runs to....

Front 34

left and Right common iliac arteries

Back 34

-The abdominal Aorta bifurcates into the left and right common iliac arteries

Front 35

internal and external iliac arteries

Back 35

- the common iliac (left or right) bifurcates into the internal and external iliac arteries
-internal runs deep to external