Blood Vessels Of The Abdominal And Pelvic Regions

Question 1

What are the parietal branches of the abdominal aorta?

Answer 1

1) Phrenicoabdominal aa.
2) Lumbar aa.
3) Deep circumflex iliac aa.

Question 2

What are the parietal branches of the abdominal aorta?

Answer 2

1) Phoenicoabdominal aa.
2) Lumbar aa.
3) Deep circumflex iliac aa.

Question 3

Label the diagram of the visceral branches of the abdominal aorta.

Answer 3

1) Renal aa.
2) Testicular and ovarian aa.
3) Caudal mesenteric a.
4) Cranial mesenteric a.
5) Celiac artery

Question 4

Label the terminal branches of the abdominal aorta.

Answer 4

1) Median Sacral a.
2) Internal iliac aa.
3) External iliac aa.

Question 5

What are the three branches of the celiac artery

Answer 5

1) Hepatic a.
2) Left gastric a.
3) Splenic a.

Question 6

The hepatic branches of the hepatic arteries supply what?

Answer 6

Liver

Question 7

The cystic artery supplies what organ?

Answer 7

The gallbladder

Question 8

The right gastric artery supplies what?

Answer 8

The lesser curvature of the stomach and the lesser omentum

Question 9

The cranial pancreaticduodenal artery supplies what?

Answer 9

Duodenum and adjacent pancreas (right lobe)

Question 10

The left gastric artery is a branch off of the celiac artery. What does the left gastric artery supply?

Answer 10

Lesser curvature of the stomach

Question 11

The splenic artery is a branch off of the celiac artery. What does it supply?

Answer 11

The spleen

Question 12

The pancreatic branches of the celiac artery supply what?

Answer 12

The left lobe of the pancreas (remember the right lobe is supplied by the pancreaticduodenal a.)

Question 13

The short gastric arteries (branches off of the splenic a.) supply what?

Answer 13

The fundus of the stomach

Question 14

The left gastromental a. (Branch off of the splenic a.) supplies what?

Answer 14

Greater curvature of the stomach and the greater omentum

Question 15

Name all of the structures supplies by the celiac artery. (9 structures)

Answer 15

Spleen
Pancreas
Stomach
Esophagus
Liver
Gallbladder
Duodenum
Lesser Omentum
Greater omentum

Question 16

The cranial mesenteric artery has 4 branches. Name the 4 branches.

Answer 16

1) Ileocolic a.
2) Caudal pancreaticduodenal a.
3) Jejunal aa.
4) Ileal aa.

Question 17

The ileocolic a. (Branch off of the cranial mesenteric a.) has 3 branches. Name the 3 branches and what they supply.

Answer 17

1) Colic branch: supplies initial ascending colon
2) Ceccal artery: antimesenteric ileal branch to ileum
3) Mesenteric ileal branch: supplies the ileum

Question 18

The right colic artery (branch off of the cranial mesenteric artery) supplies what?

Answer 18

Distal ascending colon, right colic flexure, initial transverse colon

Question 19

The caudal pancreaticduodenal artery is a branch off of the cranial mesenteric artery. What does it supply?

Answer 19

Distal descending duodenum and adjacent right lobe of the pancreas

Question 20

The jejunal arteries (branch off of the cranial mesenteric artery) supplies what?

Answer 20

The jejunum

Question 21

The ileal arteries are branches off of the cranial mesenteric artery. What does it supply?

Answer 21

Ileum

Question 22

The caudal mesenteric artery has two branches. What are they and what do they supply?

Answer 22

1) Left colic artery: supplies distal descending colon
2) Cranial rectal artery: initial rectum

Question 23

What are the veins that drain into the abdominal vena cava? (7 veins)

Answer 23

1) Hepatic vv.
2) Phrenicoabdominal vv.
3) Renal vv.
4) Right testicular or ovarian vv.
5) Lumbar vv.
6) Deep circumflex iliac vv.
7) Common iliac vv.

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Question 24

The portal veins drains what organs?

Answer 24

Spleen, pancreas, stomach, small and large intestines

Question 25

What are the 4 branches that drain into the portal vein?

Answer 25

Gastroduodenal vein
Splenic vein
Cranial mesenteric vein
Caudal mesenteric vein

Question 26

What two vessels supply blood flow TO the liver?

Answer 26

Hepatic artery
Portal vein

Question 27

What blood vessels take blood AWAY from the liver?

Answer 27

Hepatic veins