assignment 3 - arteries & veins

Question 1

Proximal part of the artery of the thoracic limb
Found medial to the distal scapula, shoulder joint and proximal humerus

Answer 1

axillary artery

Question 2

The axillary artery is a continuation of the __________ artery & will continue as the _______ artery

Answer 2

subclavian, brachial

Question 3

continuation of the axillary artery distal to the shoulder joint
found on the medial aspect of the brachium
caudal to the biceps brachii & musculocutaneous nerve & cranial to the median & ulnar nerves

Answer 3

brachial artery

Question 4

what does the brachial artery continue as?

Answer 4

median artery

Question 5

found in the craniomedial antebrachium
distal to the elbow joint

Answer 5

median artery

Question 6

a distal branch off of the median artery that heads craniodistally in the middle of the antebrachium

Answer 6

radial artery

Question 7

branches caudodistally from the common interosseous artery& travels down the caudal aspect of the antebrachium

Answer 7

ulnar artery

Question 8

main drainage from head & neck towards the heart
found in the ventrolateral superficial aspect of the neck

Answer 8

external jugular vein

Question 9

originates in the palmar aspect of the carpus & passes across the distomedial aspect of the antebrachium, gaining a cranial, superficial position in the proximal 2/3rds of the antebrachium
travels up the craniolateral aspect of the brachium until it passes deep to the brachiocephalicus muscle

Answer 9

cephalic vein

Question 10

what vein does the cephalic vein enter?

Answer 10

external jugular vein

Question 11

what part of the cephalic vein is a common site for venous puncture?

Answer 11

proximal antebrachial part

Question 12

originates in the dorsal aspect of the paw & travels proximally before joining the ____ on the cranial aspect of the distal third of the antebrachium

Answer 12

accessory cephalic vein
cephalic vein

Question 13

branches from the caudal aspect of the cephalic vein in the mid brachial region
passes deep to the caudal border of the deltoideus muscle before it travels to the medial aspect of the brachium where it unites with a vein to form another

Answer 13

axillobrachial vein

Question 14

what does the axillobrachial vein unite with & what does it then form?

Answer 14

unites with the brachial vein to form the axillary vein

Question 15

originates from the axillobrachial vein, travels across the superficial aspect of the shoulder & enters the external jugular vein cranial to where the cephalic vein enters the external jug

Answer 15

omobrachial vein

Question 16

found superficially on the medial aspect of the limb
caudal to the brachial artery, median, & ulnar nerve

Answer 16

brachial vein

Question 17

what does the brachial vein unite with?

Answer 17

axillary vein

Question 18

formed where the axillobrachial vein & brachial vein unite

Answer 18

axillary vein

Question 19

what does the axillary vein drain into?

Answer 19

subclavian vein

Question 20

continuation of the axillary vein

Answer 20

subclavian vein

Question 21

what does the subclavian vein drain into?

Answer 21

brachiocephalic vein

Question 22

formed by the uniting of the external jug vein & subclavian vein

Answer 22

brachiocephalic vein

Question 23

what does the brachiocephalic vein drain into

Answer 23

cranial vena cava

Question 24

carries deoxygenated blood that returns to the heart (RA) from the head, thoracic limbs, & thoracic walls

Answer 24

cranial vena cava

Question 25

what nerves run either site of the cephalic vein

Answer 25

superficial branches of the radial nerve

Question 26

what does the median artery run between

Answer 26

extensor carpi radialis & flexor carpi radiails

Question 27

what does the ulnar artery run in between?

Answer 27

extensor carpi ulnaris, deep digital flexor, & flexor carpi ulnaris