Arteries: Ascending Aorta

Question 1

Where does the ascending aorta receive blood from?

Answer 1

Left Ventricle

Question 2

What are the branches of the ascending aorta?

Answer 2

Right Coronary

Left Coronary

Question 3

What are the branches of the RIGHT coronary?

Answer 3

1. Posterior Descending Artery (PDA)
   - Supplies ventricles
2. Marginal
   - Supplies right ventricle

Question 4

What are the branches of the LEFT coronary?

Answer 4

1. Left Circumflex Artery (LCA)
   - Supplies lateral wall of LV
2. Left Anterior Descending (LAD)
   - Supplies anterior wall of LV

Question 5

What are the SA and AV node supplied by?

Answer 5

Right Coronary branches

Question 6

What is the Bundle of His supplied by?

Answer 6

LAD (left coronary branch)

Question 7

There are two anastamoses between which arteries?

Answer 7

Right coronary and Left circumflex arteries (LCX)

Left Descending Artery (LDA) and Posterior Descending arteries (PDA)