arm angiology clinical notes

Question 1

Axillary A aneurysm

Answer 1

repeated rapid arm movements like baseball pitchers can compress the brachial plexus resulting in pain and loss of sensation

Question 2

Where to cut off blood to the arm

Answer 2

subscapular Artery of the axillary artery because of the extensive anastomoses around the scapula

Question 3

what is the most common site of venipuncture

Answer 3

median cubital V because of its superficial location and the protection of underying deep structures of the bicipital aponeurosis

Question 4

importance of the axillary lymph nodes

Answer 4

frequent invasion by cancer cells from elsewhere in the body usually the breast