Arterial Supply

Question 1

What is the origin of the uterine artery?

Answer 1

It arises from the anterior division of the internal iliac artery

Question 2

The coeliac trunk originates at which spinal level?

Answer 2

T12

Question 3

At which level does the aorta pierce the diaphragm?

Answer 3

T12

Question 4

What are the three unpaired anterior branches of the abdominal aorta?

Answer 4

Coeliac trunk
Superior mesenteric artery (SMA)
Inferior mesenteric artery (IMA)

Question 5

What are the three lateral paired visceral branches of the abdominal aorta?

Answer 5

Adrenal
Renal
Gonadal (ovarian or testicular)

Question 6

How many pairs of lumbar arteries branch from the abdominal aorta?

Answer 6

Four pairs of lumbar arteries

Question 7

At which levels does the abdominal aorta end by bifurcating in to the common iliac arteries?

Answer 7

L4

Question 8

At which level do the common iliac arteries bifurcate to give rise to the internal and external iliac arteries?

Answer 8

L5/S1

At the sacroiliac joints

Question 9

The internal iliac artery divides in to anterior and posterior trunks.

Which arteries arise from the anterior trunk of the internal iliac artery?

Answer 9

Obturator artery
Uterine artery
Vaginal artery 
Superior vesical artery
Inferior vesical artery
Middle rectal artery
Internal Pudendal

Question 10

The internal iliac artery divides in to anterior and posterior trunks.

Which arteries arise from the posterior trunk of the internal iliac artery?

Answer 10

Superior gluteal artery
Lateral sacral arteries
Iliolumbar artery

Question 11

At which level do the renal arteries arise?

Answer 11

L1

Question 12

Which artery is located in the midline at the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta?

Answer 12

Median sacral artery

Question 13

The superior mesenteric artery originates at which spinal level?

Answer 13

L1