Arteries Flashcards
List the 5 main arteries in both the legs and foot.
- Femoral Artery
- Popliteal Artery
- Tibial Artery
- Peroneal Artery
- Dorsalis Pedis Artery
- Plantar Arch
List the Order of the Arteries coming from the heart.
Left ventricle
Aortic Arch
Thoracic Aorta
Abdominal Aorta
What Artery comes next after the Abdominal Aorta?
Common Iliac
What does the Common Iliac Artery split into?
Internal Iliac Artery and External Iliac Artery
From the Internal Iliac Artery what artery supplies the upper part of the gluteal maximus?
Superior Gluteal Artery
After Superior gluteal artery, what supplies the gluteal maximus, gluteal medius and gluteal minmus.
Inferior gluteal artery
What artery comes next after the inferior gluteal artery? What area does the artery supply blood to?
internal pudendal artery, supplies the pelvic portion.
What artery comes after the internal pudendal artey?
Obturator Artery
What is the next structure the External Iliac Artery goes to? where is the femoral artery?
Femoral Artery, it is at the thigh. Supplies blood to the muscles in the thigh.
What is branch that comes off the femoral Artery?
Deep femoral Artery
How many arteries come off from the deep femoral artery?
2 arteries
From the deep femoral artery which artery supplies the medial side of the thigh?
Medial Circumflex Femoral Artery
From the deep femoral artery which artery supplies the lateral side of the thigh?
Lateral Circumflex Femoral Artery
What Artery comes off from the femoral artery? (2nd branch)
Genicular Artery
What Artery comes off from the femoral artery? (3nd branch)
Popliteal Artery
How many branches come off the politeal artery?
2
What artery comes off from the 1st branch of the popliteal artery?
Anterior Tibial Artery
What artery comes off from the 2nd branch of the popliteal artery?
Posterior Tibial Artery
From the anterior tibial artery what is the artery that comes next? (Hint. This is a pulse)
Dorsalis pedis Artery
After the dorsalis pedis artery what artery comes next?
Arcuate artery
After the Arcuate artery what artery comes next?
Dorsal metartarsal artery
What comes after the Dorsal metartarsal artery?
Dorsal digital artery
From the Posterior Tibial Artery what artery comes next? what is it also known as?
Peroneal Artery
After the Peroneal Artery what artery comes next?
Medial and lateral plantar artery
After the Medial and lateral plantar artery what artery comes next?
Plantar Arch artery
What artery comes off the plantar arch?
Plantar metartarsal Artery
What artery comes off the Plantar metartarsal Artery ?
Plantar digital arteries
