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30 Cards in this Set
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Thymus gland |
glandular mass found cranial to the heart |
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pericardium |
membranous sac which surrounds the heart |
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parietal pericardium and epicardium (visceral) |
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pericardial ventricle |
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heart |
large organ occupying the pericardial cavity and having four major chambers in the adult. |
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right + left ventricle. right + left atrium. |
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coronary sulcus |
depression separating the right atrium from the right ventricle |
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arteries |
leaving the heart, are red. carry oxygenated blood. |
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veins |
returning to the heart, they are blue. lack oxygen. |
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aorta |
very large arterial vessel which carries oxygen rich blood from the left ventricle |
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coronary arteries |
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postcava (inferior), precava (superior) |
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coronary sinus? |
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internal mammary vein? |
runs from the precava to the cranial portion of the abdominal wall |
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innominate veins |
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subclavian vein |
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brachial vein |
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axillary vein |
the armpit blue vein |
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external jugular veins, internal jugular vein |
E: helps drain blood from the head to the innominate. I: drains blood from the skull into the innominate |
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transverse scapular vein |
helps drain the shoulder. |
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vertebral vein? |
located on the vertebra |
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azygos vein |
unpaired vessel which enters dorsal part of precava near its connection with the right side of the vertebral column. To find it, pull the lungs. |
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intercostal veins, arteries |
v: drain blood from intercostal area to the azygos vein A: supply blood to intercostal area |
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innominate artery (brachiocephalic) |
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left subclavian artery, right subclavian artery |
L: supply blood to things like the neck muscles, intercostal areas, and shoulders R: supplies oxygen rich blood to the right foreleg |
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internal mammary arteries |
run to the chest wall on either side of the sternum |
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cranial epigastric arteries |
continuation of the internal mammary arteries after they passed into the ventral abdominal wall |
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vertebral artery? |
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common carotid arteries |
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pulmonary veins |
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