Arteries Flashcards
Pulmonary trunk beginning
Pulmonary orifice of right ventricle at level of third right sternocosatl junction
Pulmonary trunk end
Level of disc between t4 and t5 becoming right and left pulmonary aa
Pulmonary trunk branches
Rt and lt pulmonary aa
Ascending aorta beginning
Aortic office of left ventricle at level of third left intercostal space
Ascending aorta end
At level of right second sternocostal junction becoming aortic arch
Ascending aorta branches
Rt and lt coronary aa
Aortic arch beginning
At level of right second sternocostal junction as continuation of ascending aorta
Aortic arch end
Left to level of disc between t4 and t5 becoming descending aorta
Aortic arch branches
Brachiocephalic, lt common carotid and lt suclavian aa
Aortic arch superior relations
Lt brachiocephalic vein and it’s 3 branches
Aortic arch inferior relations
Pulmonary trunk bifurcation and ligamentum arteriosum
Aortic arch anterior relations
Left lung, Lt vagus and Lt phrenic nn
Aortic arch posterior relations
Trachea and esophagus
Descending aorta beginning
To left of level of disc between t4 and t5 as continuation of aortic arch
Descending aorta end
At aromatic opening of diaphragm at level of t12 becoming abdominal aorta descending
