Canine Thoracic Limb Vessels

Question 1

What are the branches of the axillary artery?

Answer 1

External thoracic a, lateral thoracic a, subscapular a, cranial circumflex humeral a

Question 2

What are the branches of the subscapular a?

Answer 2

There are three branches but we only need to know thoracodorsal a and caudal circumflex humeral a

Question 3

The subclavian artery becomes the axillary artery after what point?

Answer 3

After it passes lateral to the first rib

Question 4

What are the branches of the subclavian artery?

Answer 4

Costocervical trunk, vertebral a, superficial cervical a, and internal thoracic a

Question 5

The axillary artery becomes the brachial artery after which point?

Answer 5

The cranial circumflex humeral a

Question 6

What are the branches of the brachial artery?

Answer 6

Deep brachial a, bicipital a, collateral ulnar a, superficial brachial a, transverse cubital a, common interosseuous a

Question 7

The common interosseous artery includes what branches?

Answer 7

Ulnar a, cranial interosseuous a, and caudal interosseuous a

Question 8

The brachial artery turns into the median artery after what point?

Answer 8

The common interosseous a

Question 9

The median artery includes what branches?

Answer 9

Deep antebrachial a, radial a, and palmar common digital a

Question 10

The radial artery includes what branch?

Answer 10

Dorsal common digital a

Question 11

The dorsal common digital artery has what sub branch?

Answer 11

Abaxial dorsal proper digital aa

Question 12

The palmar common digital artery has what sub branch?

Answer 12

Abaxial palmar proper digital aa

Question 13

What is the principal source of blood supply to the manus of the dog?

Answer 13

Median a

Question 14

The median artery forms a superficial palmar arch with a branch of what vessel?

Answer 14

The Caudal interosseous a

Question 15

What are the deep veins of the thoracic limb?

Answer 15

Subclavian v, axillary v, brachial v, and median v

Question 16

The cephalic vein arises on the _____ aspect of the manus and courses on the _____ aspect of the antebrachium.

Answer 16

Palmar, cranial

Question 17

The cephalic vein drains into what vessel?

Answer 17

External jugular vein

Question 18

The accessory cephalic vein arises from veins on the dorsal surface of the manus. What are they?

Answer 18

Dorsal common digital veins

Question 19

The accessory cephalic vein joins the cephalic vein on the ____ aspect of the ______ of the antebrachium.

Answer 19

Cranial, distal third

Question 20

What vessel branches from cephalic vein to axillary vein?

Answer 20

Axillobrachial vein

Question 21

What vessel branches from axillobrachial vein to external jugular vein?

Answer 21

Omobrachial vein

Question 22

What vessel connects the brachial/median vein with cephalic vein?

Answer 22

Median cubital vein

Question 23

What are the superficial veins of the thoracic limb?

Answer 23

Accessory cephalic v, cephalic v, median cubital v, axillobrachial v, omobrachial v

Question 24

Deep veins act as what to arteries?

Answer 24

Satellites

Question 25

What are the lymph nodes of the thoracic limb?

Answer 25

Superficial cervical lymph nodes (prescapular), axillary lymph nodes, and accessory axillary lymph nodes

Question 26

The left subclavian artery arises from what vessel?

Answer 26

Aorta

Question 27

The right subclavian artery arises from what vessel?

Answer 27

Brachiocephalic trunk which arises from the aorta

Question 28

The superficial cervical artery is a subclavian artery branch that supplies blood to which regions?

Answer 28

Superficial muscles at the base of the neck, superficial cervical lymph nodes, muscles of the scapula, and the shoulder

Question 29

Each subclavian artery gives how many branches before continuing as axillary artery?

Answer 29

Four

Question 30

The external thoracic artery supplies what structure?

Answer 30

Superficial pectoral muscle

Question 31

The lateral thoracic artery supplies what structures?

Answer 31

Deep pectoral muscle, latissimus dorsi, cutaneous trunci, skin, and mammae (in females)

Question 32

The subscapular artery supplies what structures?

Answer 32

Scapula, shoulder muscles, long head of triceps, rhomboideus, trapezius

Question 33

The thoracodorsal artery supplies what structures?

Answer 33

Latissimus dorsi, teres major, skin

Question 34

The caudal circumflex humeral artery supplies what structures?

Answer 34

Triceps brachii m, deltoideus m, coracobrachialis m, infraspinatus m, shoulder joint (humeral joint)

Question 35

The caudal circumflex humeral artery forms an anastomosis with which vessels?

Answer 35

Cranial circumflex humeral artery and suprascapular artery

Question 36

The cranial circumflex humeral artery supplies what structures?

Answer 36

Biceps brachii, shoulder joint (humeral joint)

Question 37

The cranial circumflex humeral artery forms an anastomosis with which vessels?

Answer 37

Caudal circumflex humeral artery and suprascapular artery

Question 38

The brachial artery is the major arterial trunk in which region?

Answer 38

Brachial

Question 39

The deep brachial artery goes to what structure?

Answer 39

Triceps brachii m

Question 40

The bicipital artery goes to what structure?

Answer 40

Biceps brachii m

Question 41

The collateral ulnar artery goes to what structures?

Answer 41

Triceps brachii m, ulnar nerve, elbow (cubital joint)

Question 42

The collateral ulnar artery courses with what nerve?

Answer 42

Ulnar nerve

Question 43

The superficial brachial artery gives rise to what vessel?

Answer 43

Cranial superficial antebrachial artery

Question 44

The transverse cubital artery goes to what structures?

Answer 44

Elbow (cubital joint) and adjacent muscles

Question 45

What are the four levels of arterial blood supply to the digits of the manus?

Answer 45

Dorsal - superficial Dorsal - deep Palmar - superficial Palmar - deep

Question 46

What is the dorsal superficial artery of the manus?

Answer 46

Dorsal common digital artery

Question 47

What is the palmar superficial artery of the manus?

Answer 47

Palmar common digital artery

Question 48

What is the dorsal deep artery of the manus?

Answer 48

Dorsal metacarpal artery

Question 49

What is the palmar deep artery of the manus?

Answer 49

Palmar metacarpal artery

Question 50

In the shoulder region, the cephalic vein passes deep to what structure?

Answer 50

Brachiocephalicus m

Question 51

The omobrachial vein passes superficial to what structure?

Answer 51

Brachiocephalicus m