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49 Cards in this Set
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Branches of aortic arch
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Brachiocephalic trunk
Left common carotid artery (left head and neck) Left Subclavin artery (left arm) |
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Brachiocephalic trunk splits into...
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Right subclavian (right arm)
Right common carotid artery (right side head & neck) |
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Right subclavian artery branches
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Internal thoracic artery (pericardium, anterior chest wall)
Vertebral artery (brain, spinal cord) |
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Arteries of the arm are...
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Axillary artery (through axilla)
Brachial artery (upper limb) |
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Arteries of the forearm are...
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Radial artery (follows radius)
Ulnar artery (follows ulna) Palmar arches (hand) Digital arteries (thumb and fingers) |
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Where do the digital veins empty?
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the thumb and fingers
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Veins of the forearm are...
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Superficial palmar arch (hand)
Median antebrachial vein (anterior forearm) Cephalic vein Basilic vein Median cubital vein (interconnects cephalic and basilic veins) Radial Vein Ulnar Vein (cuz rubin might bang uglies) |
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What are the veins of the arm?
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Cephalic vein (lateral side of arm)
Basilic vein (median side of arm) Brachial vein (median area of arm) |
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Merging of axillary vein and cephalic vein yields which vein?
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Right subclavian vein
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What are the veins of the neck?
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External jugular vein (drains superficial head & neck)
Internal jugular vein (drains deep head & neck) Vertebral vein (cervical spinal cord and posterior skull) |
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What veins drain into the superior vena cava?
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Internal thoracic vein (intercostal veins)
Brachiocephalic vein (jugular, axillary, vertebral, and internal thoracic veins) |
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What monitors blood pressure that is located in common carotid artery?
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carotid sinus
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What are the branches of the common carotid artery?
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External carotid artery (neck, esophagus, pharynx, larynx, lower jaw, cranium, and face on that side)
Internal carotid artery (brain and eyes) |
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Where does the vertebral artery enter the skull?
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foramen magnum
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Vertebral artery fuses along the medulla oblongata with what artery?
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basilar
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External jugular vein is formed by which 2 veins?
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Maxillary and temporal
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The internal jugular veins drains what?
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various cranial venous sinuses
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Which veins combine to form the brachiocephalic vein?
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Internal & external jugulars, and the vertebral and subclavian veins
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Which arteries supply the brain with blood?
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Internal carotid, vertebral, and basilar arteries
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What 3 branches does the internal carotid separate into?
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1. ophthalmic artery (eyes)
2. anterior cerebral artery (frontal &parietal lobes) 3. middle cerebral artery (midbrain and lateral cerebral hemispheres) |
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What is the cerebral arterial circle?
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ring shaped fusion of the internal carotid and basilar arteries. Helps ensure the brain of blood supply
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What is the largest dural sinus?
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the superior sagittal sinus
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________ ______drain superficial cerebral veins and small brain stem veins
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Dural sinuses
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What are the unpaired median sinuses?
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Superior sagittal sinus
• Inferior sagittal sinus • Straight sinus • Cavernous sinus • Occipital sinus |
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What are the paired lateral sinuses?
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Transverse sinuses
• Sigmoid sinuses • Petrosal sinuses |
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The great cerebral vein delivers blood to the _____ ______
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straight sinus
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Numerous small veins from the orbit and other cerebral veins drain into the ___ ____
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cavernous sinus
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What divides the descending aorta into the thoracic and abdominal aorta?
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The diaphragm
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Somatic branches of thoracic aorta
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Intercostal arteries (chest muscles and vertebral column)
Superior phrenic artery (superior diaphragm) |
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Visceral branches of thoracic aorta
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Bronchial arteries (lung tissues not involved in gas exchange)
Esophageal arteries(esophagus) Mediastinal arteries (tissues of mediastinum) Pericardial arteries(pericardium) |
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Major paired abdominal aorta branches
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Inferior phrenic arteries (inferior diaphragm and esophagus)
Adrenal arteries (adrenal glands) Renal arteries (kidneys) Gonadal arteries (gonads) Lumbar arteries (vertebrae, spinal cord, abdominal wall) |
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Major unpaired branches of abdominal aorta
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Celiac Trunk
Superior mesenteric artery (pancreas, duodenum, most of large intestine) Inferior mesenteric artery (colon and rectum) |
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What are the 3 divisions of the celiac trunk?
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1. Left gastric artery (stomach and inferior esophagus)
2. Splenic artery (spleen and stomach arteries) 3. Common hepatic artery (arteries to liver, stomach, gallbladder, and proximal small intestine) |
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What are the 2 chief collecting veins in the thorax?
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The azygos and hemiazygous veins
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Intercostal, esophageal bronchial, and mediastinal veins collect in the azygos and hemiazygous veins which all go to the ______ ______ _____
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Superior vena cava
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Which vessel collects most of the venous blood inferior to the diaphragm?
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Inferior vena cava
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What are the major tributaries to the inferior vena cava?
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The lumbar, gonadal, hepatic, renal, adrenal, and phrenic veins
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The hepatic portal vein forms through the fusion of what 3 veins?
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Superior mesenteric, inferior mesenteric, and the splenic veins
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The common iliac artery splits into the left and right iliacs at which vertebra level?
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L4
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What are the branches of the internal iliac artery
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-Lateral sacral
-Internal pudendal -Obturator -Superior gluteal |
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The external iliac artery becomes the ______ _____
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femoral artery
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What arteries branch from the deep femoral arteries to supply blood to the deep muscles of the thigh?
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Femoral circumflex arteries
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The femoral vein receives blood from the...
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1. Deep femoral vein
2. Great saphenous 3. femoral circumflex vein |
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Which veins drain the dorsal venous arch?
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the great and small saphenous veins
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Do veins or arteries have an internal elastic membrane? Which layer is it located?
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Arteries, tunica intima
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The tunica media is larger in _______ while the tunica externa is larger in ______
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Arteries, veins
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Fenestrated capillaries are mainly located in...
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Chorid plexus of the brain, kidneys, and digestive tract
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What is a Metarteriole?
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It is smooth muscle located in the beginning of a throughway which controls the flow of blood through capillaries and to venules
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The pulmonary circuit begins at the __________ and ends at the ________
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Right ventricle, left atrium
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