Abdomen and Pelvis Blood Vessels Flashcards
What are the parietal branches of the abdominal descending aorta?
- lumbar arteries
- phrenicoabdominal arteries
- deep circumflex iliac arteries
What are the visceral branches of the abdominal descending aorta?
- celiac artery
- cranial mesenteric artery
- renal arteries
- testicular and ovarian arteries
- caudal mesenteric artery
What are the terminal branches of the abdominal descending aorta?
- external iliac arteries
- internal iliac arteries
- median sacral artery
How many lumbar arteries are there?
7
What are the branches of the internal iliac artery?
- internal pudendal artery
- umbilical artery
- caudal gluteal artery
What branches off the internal pudendal artery?
vaginal artery
What branches off the vaginal artery?
uterine artery (females)
prostatic artery (males)
The celiac artery branches off into what?
- splenic artery
- left gastric artery
- hepatic artery
The celiac artery branches off to supply what structures?
- liver
- stomach
- spleen
The splenic artery branches off into what?
- left gastromental artery
- short gastric arteries
- pancreatic branches
The pancreatic branches of the splenic artery supply what?
to the left lobe of the pancreas
The short gastric arteries supply what?
to the fundus of the stomach
The left gastromental artery supplies what?
to the left side of the great gastric curvature and great omentum
How should you ligate the splenic artery during a splenectomy?
as close to the organ as you can to avoid losing branches of the splenic artery
The visceral branches of the abdominal descending aorta supply what?
- digestive tract
- liver
- pancreas
- spleen
The left gastric artery has what branches?
esophageal branches
The esophageal branches of the left gastric artery supply what?
to the caudal most part of the esophagus
The left gastric artery supplies what?
the left side of the greater curvature
The hepatic artery has what branches?
- hepatic branches (cystic artery)
- right gastric artery
- gastroduodenal artery
The gastroduodenal artery splits into what?
- right gastromental artery
- cranial pancreaticoduodenal artery
The hepatic branches of the hepatic artery supply what?
to liver