Canine Pelvic Limb Vessels

Question 1

What are the branches of the aorta in the pelvic limb?

Answer 1

Median sacral a, internal iliac a, external iliac a

Question 2

What are the branches of the internal iliac artery?

Answer 2

Umbilical artery, caudal gluteal artery, internal pudendal artery

Question 3

What are the sub branches of the caudal gluteal artery which is a branch of the internal iliac artery?

Answer 3

Iliolumbar a, cranial gluteal a, lateral caudal a, dorsal perineal a

Question 4

What are the branches of the external iliac artery?

Answer 4

Deep femoral artery and femoral artery

Question 5

Where does the pudendoepigastric trunk originate?

Answer 5

Deep femoral artery

Question 6

What vessels branch off the pudendoepigastric trunk?

Answer 6

External pudendal artery and caudal epigastric artery

Question 7

What are the branches of the femoral artery?

Answer 7

Superficial circumflex iliac artery, lateral circumflex femoral artery, proximal caudal femoral artery, saphenous artery, middle caudal femoral artery, descending genicular artery, distal caudal femoral artery

Question 8

What vessels branch off the saphenous artery which is a branch of the femoral artery?

Answer 8

Dorsal and plantar common digital arteries

Question 9

After which vessel does the femoral artery become the popliteal artery?

Answer 9

Distal caudal femoral artery

Question 10

What is the sole branch of the popliteal artery?

Answer 10

Caudal tibial artery

Question 11

After the caudal tibial artery, the popliteal artery becomes which vessel?

Answer 11

Cranial tibial artery

Question 12

What are the branches of the cranial tibial artery?

Answer 12

Dorsal pedal artery, arcuate artery, dorsal and plantar metatarsal arteries

Question 13

What are the superficial veins of the pelvic limb?

Answer 13

Lateral saphenous vein and medial saphenous vein with their cranial and caudal branches

Question 14

What are the lymph nodes that you can find in the pelvic limb?

Answer 14

Superficial popliteal ln and superficial inguinal ln

Question 15

Where can you find the iliolumbar artery?

Answer 15

Cranial to the wing of the ilium

Question 16

What structures does the iliolumbar artery supply?

Answer 16

Psoas minor m, iliopsoas m, sartorius m, tensor fasciae lata m, middle gluteal m

Question 17

Where can you find the cranial gluteal artery?

Answer 17

Caudal to the wing of ilium across greater ischiatic notch

Question 18

What structures does the cranial gluteal artery supply?

Answer 18

Middle and deep gluteal muscles

Question 19

What is the inguinal ligament?

Answer 19

The caudal border of the aponeurosis of the external abdominal oblique muscle

Question 20

The muscular lacuna is the passageway for what structures/vessels/nerves?

Answer 20

Iliopsoas muscle and femoral nerve

Question 21

The vascular lacuna is the passageway for what structures/vessels/nerves?

Answer 21

Vessels coursing to the pelvic limb: medial circumflex femoral artery and vein, femoral artery and vein
And saphenous nerve and lymphatics

Question 22

The vascular lacuna is also called?

Answer 22

Femoral ring

Question 23

Where can the femoral pulse be felt?

Answer 23

Femoral triangle

Question 24

Where is the femoral triangle?

Answer 24

In between the sartorius m and pectineus m, and just below the muscular lacuna, vascular lacuna, and superficial inguinal ring

Question 25

The deep femoral artery continues as what vessel after the pudendoepigastric trunk?

Answer 25

Medial circumflex femoral artery

Question 26

What structures does the medial circumflex femoral artery supply?

Answer 26

Adductor m, vastus medialis m, obturator mm, semimembranosus m, and hip joint (coxal joint) capsule

Question 27

What structures does the distal caudal femoral artery supply?

Answer 27

Biceps femoris m, semimembranosus m, semitendinosus m, gastrocnemius m, and digital flexor mm

Question 28

Where can the popliteal artery be found?

Answer 28

Between the two heads of gastrocnemius m, over the flexor surface of the stifle and through the popliteal notch of the tibia

Question 29

What structures does the popliteal artery supply?

Answer 29

Stifle, gastrocnemius m, and popliteus m

Question 30

The popliteal artery gives rise to what vessels?

Answer 30

Cranial and caudal tibial arteries

Question 31

Where can the cranial tibial artery be found?

Answer 31

Located near the tibia between cranial tibial m and long digital extensor m then courses between the tibia and fibula

Question 32

The cranial tibial artery supplies what structures?

Answer 32

Peroneus longus m, long digital extensor m, cranial tibial m

Question 33

The dorsal pedal artery supplies what structure?

Answer 33

Tarsus

Question 34

The dorsal pedal artery is a continuation of cranial tibial artery distal to what?

Answer 34

Talocrural joint

Question 35

List the flow of blood through the veins of the pelvic limb on the medial side.

Answer 35

Dorsal and plantar common digital veins to cranial and caudal branches to medial saphenous vein to femoral vein

Question 36

List the flow of blood through the veins of the pelvic limb on the lateral side.

Answer 36

Dorsal common digital veins to plantar superficial arch to cranial and caudal branches of saphenous vein to lateral saphenous vein to distal caudal femoral vein to femoral vein