Aortic arch, and upper extremity circulation

Question 1

This type of circulation reoxygenates the blood through lungs…

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What is pulmonary circulation?

Question 2

This type of circulation supplies, oxygenated blood to the heart

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What is coronary circulation?

Question 3

This type of circulation supplies, the rest of the body with oxygenated blood

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What is the systemic circulation?

Question 4

These are considered the first two branches of the ascending aorta

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What is the right coronary artery and the left coronary artery

Question 5

The ascending aorta deals directly with this type of circulation

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What is coronary circulation?

Question 6

This is considered the second branch of ascending aorta after the right, and left coronary arteries

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What is the aortic arch, a.k.a. arch of aorta?

Question 7

The anatomical limit of this part of the aorta starts at the second right costal cartilage and terminates at T4 (which is the 4th thoracic vertebrae of the spine)

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What is the aortic arch, a.k.a. arch of aorta?

Question 8

The anatomical limit of the thoracic aorta starts at this location, where the aortic arch terminates

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What is t4 - the fourth thoracic vertebrae of the spine?

Question 9

The aortic arch have these three branches

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What is 1. the brachiocephalic artery, 2. the left common carotid artery 3. the left subclavian artery.

Question 10

This is the first and largest branch of the aortic arch

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What is a brachiocephalic artery a.k.a. BCT aka the innominate artery

Question 11

There is only one brachiocephalic artery, a.k.a., the innominate artery and it is on the _____ side (right or left?)

Answer 11

What is the right side?

Question 12

The innominate artery, a.k.a. the brachiocephalic artery has two branches. What are they?

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What is the right common carotid artery in the right subclavian artery

Question 13

This artery extends upward on the right side reaching the head, neck and face

Answer 13

What is the right common carotid artery?

Question 14

This artery extends upward towards the right upper extremities like the arms

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What is the right subclavian artery?

Question 15

The second branch of the aortic arch extends upward on the left side, reaching the left side of the head, neck and face

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What is the left common carotid artery?

Question 16

This is the third branch of the aortic arch, and extends towards the left upper extremity, ( left arm )

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What is the left subclavian artery

Question 17

This artery starts at the upper border of the second right costal cartilage terminates at the upper border of the right sternoclavicular articulation

Answer 17

What is the innominate artery a.k.a. the brachiocephalic trunk aka BCT

Question 18

This artery starts at the right sternoclavicular articulation and terminates at the lateral border of the first right rib….

Answer 18

What is the the right subclavian artery?

Question 19

This artery starts at the left costal cartilage in terminates at the lateral border of the first left rib

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What is the left subclavian artery?

Question 20

This artery starts at the lateral border of the (right/ left)
first rib and terminates in the inferior borders of the (right/ left) teres major muscles, and is located in the axilla behind the medial border of the Coracobrachialis muscle

Answer 20

What is the right and left axillary arteries?

Question 21

This artery starts at the inferior border of the right/left teres major muscle, and terminates 1 inch below the right left anti-cubital fossa and lies posteriorly to the medial border of the belly of the biceps brachii muscle; it’s vena comite is the basilic vein.

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What is the right/left brachial artery

Question 22

This artery starts 1 inch below the right/left anti-cubital fossa and terminates at a point over the base of the right/left thumb, (the thenar eminence), and is the lateral artery of the forearm

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What is the right/ left radial artery?

Question 23

This artery starts 1 inch below the right left anti-cubital fossa and terminates over the right/left pisiform bone, (the one on the pinky side) and is the medial artery of the forearm

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What is the right/left ulnar artery

Question 24

The right axillary artery is a continuation of this artery

Answer 24

What is the right subclavian artery?

Question 25

This artery will bifurcate into the right radial artery and the right ulnar artery

Answer 25

What is the right brachial artery?

Question 26

The left axillary artery is a continuation of this artery….

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What is the left subclavian artery?

Question 27

The left brachial artery bifurcates into these two arteries

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What is the left radial artery and tbe
Left ulnar artery

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Question 30

 This medial vein is involved in a deep venous return to the upper right and left extremities

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What is the ulnar vein?

Question 31

This lateral vein is involved in the deep venous return from the upper right and left extremities

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What is the right and left radial vein?

Question 32

The cephalic vein goes up The forearm and is a tributary directly to this vein…

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What is the axillary vein?

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Question 34

The basilic vein meets with this vein, coming from a deep venous return, to form the axillary vein in this superficial venous return…

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What is the brachial vein?