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Arteries Flashcards

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Vertebral

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  • travels superiorly medial to scalene, through transverse foramen of cervical vertebrae and through foramen magnum
  • supplies: brain, spinal cord, meninges
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Internal thoracic

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  • enter thorax and run lateral to sternum

- supplies: anterior thoracic wall and medial breast

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inferior thyroid

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  • travels medially off thyrocervical trunk

- supplies: thyroid, parathyroid, larynx, trachea, esophagus, infrahyoid muscles

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ascending cervical

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  • travels superiorly

- supplies scalenes

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transverse cervical (superior cervical)

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  • travels posteriorly, deep to trapezius

- supplies trapezius

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transverse cervical (dorsal scapular)

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  • travels posteriorly, deep to trapezius

- supplies levator scapulae, rhomboids

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suprascapular

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  • travel posteriorly above superior transverse scapular ligament crossing supra scapular notch
  • supplies supraspinatus, infraspinatus
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superior intercostal

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  • travel inferiorly

- supplies 1st and 2nd intercostal spaces

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deep cervical

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  • travel superiorly

- semispinalis muscles

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superior thoracic

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  • travel inferiorly

- 1st and 2nd intercostal spaces

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thoracoacromial

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  • near medial border of pectorals minor

- 4 branches supply: clavicular, acromial, deltoid, pectoral

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lateral thoracic

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  • near lateral border of pectorals minor, travel inferiorly

- supply lateral thoracic wall and lateral aspect of breast

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anterior and posterior circumflex humeral

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  • travel laterally around surgical neck of humerus

- supply glenohumeral joint and surrounding muscles

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subscapular

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  • travel inferiorly and divide into circumflex scapular and thoracordorsal
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circumflex scapular

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  • travel posteriorly around lateral border of scapula

- supply muscles of posterior scapula

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thoracodorsal

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  • travel inferiorly

- supply latissimus dorsi

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brachial

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  • travel through medial arm superficial to muscles; in medial bicipital groove between biceps brachii and brachial
  • supply arm, forearm, hand
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deep artery of arm

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  • travel posteriorly between long and medial head of triceps; between lateral head of triceps and humerus in the radial groove with radial nerve
  • supply posterior arm, elbow
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radial artery

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  • travel deep to brachioradialis in proximal forearm; superficial in distal forearm lateral to flexor carpi radials tendon; lateral to distal radius and passes across snuff box to enter dorsal hand
  • supply elbow, anterior and lateral forearm, lateral hand
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ulnar artery

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  • travel deep to flexor digitorum superficialis; superficial to flexor retinaculum to enter hand
  • supply elbow, posterior, medial and deep anterior forearm, medial hand
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anterior interosseous artery

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  • travel on the anterior surface of the interosseous membrane
  • supply deep anterior forearm and wrist
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posterior interosseous artery

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  • travel on posterior surface of interosseous membrane

- supply elbow, posterior forearm and wrist

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palmar carpal arch

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  • travel deep to flexor tendon

- supply anterior wrist

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dorsal carpal arch

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  • travel deep to extensor tendons

- supply posterior wrist, hand and fingers

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superficial palmar arch

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  • travel deep to palmar aponeurosis

- supply palm of hand and fingers

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deep palmar arch

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  • deep to adductor pollicis

- supply palm and dorsal of hand and fingers

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common carotid

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  • travel within carotid sheath with internal jugular and vagus n.
  • supply head and neck
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internal carotid

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  • travel superiorly and enters cranium through carotid canal

- supply brain, structures in orbit, forehead, anterior scalp

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external carotid

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  • travels superiorly deep to posterior digastric

- supply face, larynx, pharynx, posterior/lateral scalp and meninges

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superior thyroid

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  • travel inferiorly, deep to sternothyroid

- supply thyroid gland and larynx

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ascending pharyngeal

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  • travel superiorly

- supply pharynx

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