Arterial Anatomy

Question 1

First part of the aorta, Prox to the arch

Answer 1

Coronary Artery

Question 2

List the 3 branches of the aortic arch

Answer 2

Innominate/Brachiocephalic
Left CCA
Left Subclavian A.

Question 3

Vertebral, thyrocervical, and costocervical branch off which artery?

Answer 3

Subclavian A.

Question 4

Radial artery travels into hand and branches into the superficial palmar (volar) arch which terminates into?

Answer 4

Terminates into deep palmar arch by joining the deep branch of the ulnar artery

Question 5

Name the predominate source of the blood flow to the hand

Answer 5

Ulnar artery

Question 6

Digital arteries arise from ______, extending into the fingers

Answer 6

Palmar arches

Question 7

Which artery supplies the stomach, liver, pancreas, duodenum and spleen?

Answer 7

Celiac Artery

Question 8

What three arteries branch off the celiac

Answer 8

Lt. Gastric
Splenic
Common hepatic

Question 9

What artery supplies the small intestines, cecum and part of the colon

Answer 9

Superior mesenteric artery

Question 10

T/F

There can be multiple renal arteries bilaterally

Answer 10

True

Question 11

What three things does the renal artery supply

Answer 11

Kidneys
Suprarenal glands
Ureters

Question 12

What supplies the transverse/descending colon and part of the rectum

Answer 12

Inferior mesenteric artery

* IMA can act as a collateral connection and is a red flag with a lot of flow*

Question 13

What supplies the pelvis, abdominal wall and lower limbs

Answer 13

Common iliac Arteries

Question 14

What’s another name for the internal iliac artery

Answer 14

Hypogastric A.

Question 15

Which artery travels along medial side of psoas major muscle, then passes underneath inguinal ligament

Answer 15

External iliac artery

*EIA becomes CFA

Question 16

The superficial femoral artery runs down the leg and passes through an opening in the tendon called…

Answer 16

Adductor hiatus

AKA… Adductor canal, or Hunters canal

Question 17

Which lower extremity artery can give off many genicular branches?

Answer 17

Popliteal A

Question 18

Popliteal artery divides into what arteries?

Answer 18

Anterior (First branch) and posterior tibial arteries

Question 19

What is the trifurcation

Answer 19

Peroneal, anterior and posterior arteries

Question 20

The anterior tibial (ATA) becomes ________ artery at the ankle directed the Dorsum of the foot to the base of the great toe

Answer 20

Dorsalis pedis artery (DPA)

Question 21

DEEP plantar artery (a branch of DPA) penetrates the sole of foot and unites with LATERAL plantar artery to make…

Answer 21

They unite to complete the plantar arch

Question 22

What do you call the short segment between the ATA branches, PTA branches and peroneal arteries

Answer 22

Tibioperoneal trunk

Question 23

Name two major branches of the PTA.

* they supply the sole of the foot*

Answer 23

Lateral and medial plantar arteries

Question 24

Peroneal artery passes towards TIBIA/FIBULA (pick one) medially

Answer 24

Fibula

Question 25

Peroneal supply lateral side of the leg and foot

T/F

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Arteries transport gases, nutrients and other essential substances to ?
HINT: not an organ

Answer 26

Capillaries

Question 27

What is the smallest form of arteries

Answer 27

Arterioles

Question 28

These RESISTANT vessels help regulate blood flow by contraction and relaxation

Answer 28

Arterioles

Question 29

What part of the arteriole system exchanges nutrients and wastes between tissue and blood

Answer 29

Capillaries

Question 30

What are the three layers of the arterial wall from inner to outer

Answer 30

Tunica intima
Tunica media
Tunica externa (adventitia)

Question 31

The adventitia layer of the arterial wall contains these tiny vessels that carry blood to the walls of the larger arteries

Answer 31

Vasa Vasorum