Blood Vessels

Question 1

How many branches come off the aorta in humans

Answer 1

Three

Question 2

What are the branches that come off the aorta in humans

Answer 2

Brachiocephalic artery, left common carotid artery, left subclavian artery

Question 3

How many branches come off the aorta in quadripeds

Answer 3

Two

Question 4

What are the names of the branches coming off the aorta in quadripeds

Answer 4

Brachiocephalic artery and left subclavian artery

Question 5

Do humans have a common iliac artery

Answer 5

Yes

Question 6

What does the common iliac artery divide into in humans

Answer 6

External and internal iliac arteries

Question 7

Do quadripeds have a common iliac artery

Answer 7

No

Question 8

What do the external iliac arteries branch off of in quadripeds

Answer 8

Aorta

Question 9

What is the exception to the rule that all arteries contain oxygen rich blood and all veins carry deoxygenated blood

Answer 9

Pulmonary circuit and fetal circulation

Question 10

What carries oxygen and nutrient rich blood from the placenta to the fetus

Answer 10

Umbilical vein

Question 11

What is the large thin walled duct within the liver which drains into the vena cava; acts as a shunt for blood to bypass non functional liver

Answer 11

Ductus venosus

Question 12

What carries deoxygenated blood and waste from the fetus to the placenta; thick and branch from end of descending aorta. After birth they degenerate

Answer 12

Umbilical arteries

Question 13

What are the two structures of fetal heart that shunt blood away from the lungs

Answer 13

Foramen ovals and ductus arteriosus

Question 14

Blood vessels that drain the digestive viscera, spleen, and pancreas deliver the blood to the liver for processing via this

Answer 14

Hepatic portal vein

Question 15

This circulation ensures that blood passes through the liver before entering into the main systemic circulation

Answer 15

Hepatic portal circulation

Question 16

The liver is drained by this which enters the inferior vena cava

Answer 16

Hepatic veins

Question 17

What are the four branches off the subclavian

Answer 17

Vertebral, costocervical, internal mammary, thyrocervical

Question 18

This travels through cervical vertebrae and supplies the brain

Answer 18

Vertebral

Question 19

This supplies costal and cervical regions

Answer 19

Costocervical

Question 20

This supplies central thoracic wall

Answer 20

Internal mammary

Question 21

This supplies deep muscles of the neck, shoulder and glands

Answer 21

Thyrocervical

Question 22

Both of these branch off the brachiocephalic trunk in the cat

Answer 22

Common carotid arteries

Question 23

The left of this is one of the major vessels coming off aortic arch; right branches off brachiocephalic trunk

Answer 23

Subclavian arteries

Question 24

First abdominal branch of aorta, immediately after entering abdominal cavity

Answer 24

Celiac trunk

Question 25

What are the branches coming off the celiac trunk

Answer 25

Left gastric, hepatic, splenic

Question 26

Branch of aorta posterior to celiac trunk that supplies small intestine and most of large intestine

Answer 26

Superior mesenteric artery

Question 27

Branch of aorta posterior to superior mesenteric, supplies muscles of body wall and adrenal glands

Answer 27

Adrenolumbar arteries

Question 28

Branch of aorta posterior to adrenolumbar, supplies the kidneys

Answer 28

Renal arteries

Question 29

Thin branch of aorta posterior to gonadal, supplies second half of large intestine/rectum

Answer 29

Inferior mesenteric artery

Question 30

Branches at end of aorta, supplies the pelvic viscera

Answer 30

Internal iliac arteries

Question 31

What veins unite to form brachiocephalic

Answer 31

Jugular and subclavian veins

Question 32

This runs alongside the inferior vena cava and drains thoracic intercostal muscles

Answer 32

Azygous vein

Question 33

These drain the liver

Answer 33

Hepatic veins

Question 34

Where does the right gonadal and adrenolumbars vein drain

Answer 34

Vena cava

Question 35

Where does the left gonadal and adrenolumbar veins drain

Answer 35

Renal

Question 36

This is formed by the union of the external and internal iliacs

Answer 36

Common iliac