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innermost tunic thin tunic of capilaries |
tunica intima |
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contains smooth muscle and elastin regulates blood vessel diameter |
tunica media |
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most superficial tunica has smooth surface to decrease resistance to blood flow |
tunica externa |
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the atreial system has one of these; the venous system has two |
brachiocephalic |
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these arteries supply the myocardium |
coronary |
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two paired arteries serving the brain |
external and internal carotid |
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longest vein in the lower limb |
great saphenous |
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artery on the dorsum of the foot |
dorsalis pedis |
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main artery that severs thigh muscles |
deep artery of the thigh |
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supplies the diaphragm |
phrenic |
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formed by the union of radial and ulnar veins |
brachial |
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two superficial veins in the arm |
basilic cephalic |
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artery serving the kidney |
renal |
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veins draining the liver |
hepatic |
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artery that supplies the distal half of the large intestine |
inferior mescenteric |
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drains the pelvic organs |
internal iliac |
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what the external iliac artery becomes on entry into the thigh |
deep artery of the thigh |
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artery that branches into radial and ulnar arteries |
brachial |
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supplies most of the small intestine |
superior mescenteric |
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join to form the inferior vena cava |
common iliac |
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an aterial trunk that has three major branches, which run to the liver spleen and stomach |
celiac trunk |
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major artery serving the tissues of the external skull |
common cartoid |
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4 veins serving the leg |
anterior tibial, fibular, great saphenous, posterior tibial |
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artery used to generally take pulse at wrist |
radial |
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the anterior and middle cerebral arteries arise from? they serve? |
the internal carotid artery cerebrum |
