Biol 224 Arteries and Veins

Question 1

two arteries formed by the division of the brachiocephalic artery

Answer 1

• Common Carotid artery

- Subclavian artery

Question 2

First artery that branches off the ascending aorta; serves the heart

Answer 2

-Coronary Artery

Question 3

Two paired arteries, serving the brain

Answer 3

• Vertebral Artery

- External Carotid Artery

Question 4

Largest artery in the body

Answer 4

Aorta

Question 5

Artery that serves the adrenal gland

Answer 5

Suprarenal artery

Question 6

Artery that serves the thigh

Answer 6

Femoral artery

Question 7

Major artery serving the arm and generally used to determine BP in the arm

Answer 7

Brachial artery

Question 8

Artery that supplies the last half of the large intestine

Answer 8

Inferior Mesenteric artery

Question 9

Artery that serves the pelvis

Answer 9

Internal Iliac artery

Question 10

Artery that supplies the spleen

Answer 10

Splenic artery

Question 11

Artery tat supplies most of the small intestine

Answer 11

Superior Mesenteric artery

Question 12

The terminal branches of the dorsal, or descending, aorta

Answer 12

left and right common iliac artery

Question 13

Arterial trunk that has three major branches, which serves the liver, spleen, and stomach

Answer 13

Celiac Trunk

Question 14

Major artery, serving the tissue external to the skull

Answer 14

External Carotid Artery

Question 15

Artery generally used to feel the pulse at the wrist

Answer 15

Radial artery

Question 16

Artery serving the kidney

Answer 16

Renal artery

Question 17

First vessel to branch from aortic arch

Answer 17

Brachiocephalic artery

Question 18

Arteries which supply the upper limbs

Answer 18

• Axillary artery

- Subclavian artery

Question 19

Artery that supplies the liver

Answer 19

Hepatic artery

Question 20

Artery which supplies the stomach and lower esophagus

Answer 20

Gastric artery

Question 21

Deep veins, draining the forearm

Answer 21

• Radial Vein

- Ulnar Vein

Question 22

Vein that receives blood from the arm via the axillary vein

Answer 22

Subclavian vein

Question 23

vein that drains the kidney

Answer 23

Renal vein

Question 24

Vein that drains the dural sinuses of the brain

Answer 24

Internal Jugular vein

Question 25

Two veins that join to become the superior vena cava

Answer 25

• Subclavian vein

- Brachiocephalic vein

Question 26

Drains the spleen

Answer 26

Splenic vein

Question 27

large vein hat caries nutrient-rich blood from the digestive organs to the liver for processing

Answer 27

Hepatic Portal Vein

Question 28

vein which connects the femoral vein to the common iliac vein

Answer 28

External Iliac Vein

Question 29

drains the stomach walls and empties into the hepatic portal vein

Answer 29

Gastric vein

Question 30

Largest vein below the thorax

Answer 30

Inferior Vena Cava

Question 31

Veins that form/empty into the hepatic portal veins

Answer 31

• Gastric vein
• superior Mesenteric
• Inferior Mesenteric

Question 32

Longest superficial vein of the body; found in the leg

Answer 32

Great Saphenous Vein

Question 33

Large veins in the arm draining into the axillary vein

Answer 33

Brachial vein

Question 34

Drains blood from the pelvis

Answer 34

Internal Iliac

Question 35

short vein that carries deoxygenated blood from the upper half of the body to the heart’s right atrium

Answer 35

Superior Vena Cava

Question 36

Empties into the splenic vein from the descending and sigmoid colon and upper rectum

Answer 36

Inferior Mesenteric Vein

Question 37

Forms by the union of the brachial and basilic veins

Answer 37

Axillary

Question 38

the internal and external iliac veins combine to form this vein

Answer 38

Common Iliac Vein

Question 39

the small saphenous and popliteal veins join to become this vein

Answer 39

Femoral Vein

Question 40

Vein that drains the liver

Answer 40

Hepatic