Blood Flow - Lower Extremities

Question 1

What are the branches of the common iliac A.?

Answer 1

external iliac A.; internal iliac A.

Question 2

What does the external iliac A. turn into, and what structure marks this change?

Answer 2

becomes femoral A. when it passes deep to inguinal ligament

Question 3

What are the branches of the external iliac A.?

Answer 3

deep circumflex iliac A.

Question 4

What are the branches of the femoral A.?

Answer 4

profunda femoris A.; descending genicular A.

Question 5

What are the branches of the profunda femoris A.?

Answer 5

medial circumflex of the femoral A.; lateral circumflex of the femoral A.; 1st-4th perforating AA.

Question 6

What are the branches of the medial circumflex of the femoral A.?

Answer 6

ascending branch, transverse branch, acetabular branch

Question 7

What are the branches of the lateral circumflex of the femoral A.?

Answer 7

ascending branch, transverse branch, descending branch

Question 8

What does the femoral A. turn into, and what structure marks this change?

Answer 8

becomes popliteal A. once it exits the adductor canal through the adductor hiatus

Question 9

What are the branches of the popliteal A.?

Answer 9

lateral superior genicular A., medical superior genicular A., lateral sural A., medial sural A., lateral inferior genicular A., medial inferior genicular A.

Question 10

What does the popliteal A. turn into?

Answer 10

anterior tibial A. and posterior tibial A.

Question 11

What are the branches of the anterior tibial A.?

Answer 11

anterior tibial recurrent A.

Question 12

What does the anterior tibial A. turn into, and what structure marks this change?

Answer 12

becomes dorsalis pedis A. once it passes deep to the inferior extensor retinaculum

Question 13

What does the dorsalis pedis A. become?

Answer 13

deep plantar A., arcuate A.

Question 14

What are the three branches of the arcuate A.?

Answer 14

dorsal metatarsal AA. (x3)

Question 15

What are the two branches of each dorsal metatarsal A.?

Answer 15

dorsal digital AA. (x2 per dorsal metatarsal A.)

Question 16

What are the branches of the posterior tibial A.?

Answer 16

peroneal A.

Question 17

What does the posterior tibial A. become?

Answer 17

lateral plantar A., medial plantar A.

Question 18

What does the lateral plantar A. become?

Answer 18

plantar (deep) arterial arch

Question 19

What are the branches of the plantar (deep) arterial arch?

Answer 19

plantar metatarsal AA. (x3)

Question 20

What are the two branches of each plantar metatarsal A.?

Answer 20

plantar digital AA. (x2 per plantar metatarsal A.)

Question 21

What are the three branches of the internal iliac A. that supply the lower extremeties?

Answer 21

superior gluteal A., obturator A., inferior gluteal A.

Question 22

What vessels and nerves run through the adductor canal?

Answer 22

femoral A., femoral V., saphenous nerve, nerve to vastus medialis

Question 23

At the location where the dorsalis pedis artery terminates to split into the arcuate artery and deep plantar artery, the deep plantar artery will _______.

Answer 23

dive between the 1st and 2nd metatarsals

Question 24

What are the three major layers of arteries, from superior to deep?

Answer 24

tunica intima, tunica media, tunica adventitia/externa