Anatomy 2: Exam Quarter Final Flashcards
All veins that drain blood from all of the inside skull, gravity drains or feeds the ____ into the internal jugular vein.
Dural Venus Sinus
The ____ provides drainage from the skull.
Veins of the skull
The first vein to drain blood to those areas fed by the facial arteries; cheeks, mouth, and eyelids would be drained by the ____.
Facial Vein
Is located behind the ear, the ____ is the first to drain blood to those areas fed by the posterior auricular arteries and occipital arteries
Posterior Auricular Vein
The _____ has NO arterial counterpart, and is located behind the lower jaw. It’s the first vein to drain blood from those areas fed by the maxillary and superficial arteries.
Retromandibular Vein
The _____ is formed by the union of the posterior auricular and retromandibular veins.
Exterior Jugular Vein
The ____ is formed by the union of the facial vein and the Retromandibular vein.
Internal Jugular Vein
Veins that drain blood from the digestive organs to the liver are known as the ____ system.
Portal
The ____ is the first vein to drain blood from the stomach, spleen, or pancreas.
Splenic Vein
The ____ drains all of the small intestine and right half of the large intestine including the cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, and the appendix. All of the parts that are drained are parts of the right LARGE intestine.
Superior Mesenteric Vein
The ____ are formed by the union of the splenic vein by the mesenteric vein.
Single Unpaired Portal Vein
The ____ drains the first half of the LARGE intestine; includes the rectum, anal canal, descending colon, and sigmoid colon.
Inferior Mesenteric Vein
A group of veins that drains blood from the thoracic cavity; has NO arterial counterpart is the ____ system.
Azygos
The _____ drains into the SVC, it’s a single unpaired vein in the body. It’s the only vein to drain blood from the right intercostal spaces and drains only by means of the azygos. It is a continuation of the right and left ascending lumbar veins.
Azygos Vein
The ____ is found on the left side, and it’s the first vein to drain blood from the left intercostals 8-12 and drains directly into the azygos vein.
Hemiazygos Vein
The ____ is the first vein to drain blood from the intercostal spaces 4-7 and empties into the hemiazygos vein.
Accessory Hemiazygos Vein
The left intercostal spaces 1-3 typically empty into the left ____.
Brachiocephalic Vein
The ____ of the IVC empties directly into the IVC, but once it passes the IVC there are NO more.
Tributaries
The ____ consist of 4 pairs, they drain blood from the lower back into the IVC
Lumbar Veins
The ____ drains the right kidney
Right Renal Vein
The ____ drains the left kidney and crosses over the abdominal aorta making it longer than the right renal vein
Left Renal Vein