Aorta Flashcards
Ao enters the abd cavity in a ____ location
posterior
As the ao travels, it progessively become more ___ as it travels caudally
anterior
IVC maintains a more ____ course throughout the retroperitoneum
horizontal
1st major branch as the ao descends through the diaphragm
celiac axis
How man cm long is the celiac axis
2-3cm
Celiac is located
posterior to the panc
Celiac branches
common hepatic artery
left gastric artery
splenic artery
Celiac terminated with the bifurcation of the
common hepatic artery and splenic artery
Left gastric artery is usually not visable, however occasionally can be extending cranially from the
celiac axis
As the common hepatic artery courses toward the liver it bifurcates into the
proper hepatic artery and the GDA
SMA branches off the ao about ____ cm inferior to the celiac axis
1
It parallels the ao and is seen ______ to the body of the panc
posterior/inferior
SMA doppler waveforms
fasting state - high resistance
postparandial - low resistance, increased velocity
Renal arteries arise from the lateral walls of the ao just below the origin of the
SMA
The right renal artery passes ___ to the IVC
posterior
The left renal artery is shorter at the ao lies to the ____ of midline
left
The right and left gonadal arteries arise from the ____ ao
distal
the ima arises from the ____ aspect of the distal ao and are rarely imaged
anterior
With SMA and CA stenosis or occulsion it becomes _____
enlarged
