Arteries

Question 1

Renal

Answer 1

paired arteries, right renal artery more cranial than left, supply kidneys, enter kidney through the hilus

Question 2

Lumbar

Answer 2

paired arteries, leave the dorsal surface of the aorta, extend dorsally and terminate in a spinal and dorsal branch

Question 3

Caudal phrenic

Answer 3

runs cranially to supply the diaphragm, comes off a common trunk from the aorta

Question 4

Cranial abdominal

Answer 4

off common trunk from the aorta, continues into the abdominal wall and ramifies between the transversus abdominus and the internal abdominal obliques`

Question 5

Ovarian or testicular

Answer 5

ovarian: homologous to testicular, paired, divides into variable number of branches in the mesovarium
testicular: leaves aorta in midlumbar region, paired, exit through the vaginal ring

Question 6

Deep circumflex iliac

Answer 6

paired, arises from the aorta close to the origin of the external iliac a., supplies the musculature of the caudodorsal portion of the abdominal wall