Cardiovascular System - The Arteries Flashcards
Where does the Aorta arise from?
- Left Ventricle
- Middle Mediastinum (as ascending aorta)
What are the different names for the Aorta? why are they named that?
- Ascending Aorta: it ascends from the heart
- Arch of the Aorta: it curves laterally to the left
- The Descending Thoracic Aorta: It descends through the thoracic cavity
What are the main branches of the Arch of the Aorta?
- Brachiocephalic
- Left Common Carotid
- Left Subclavian
What are the two divisions of the Brachiocephalic Artery?
- The Right Subclavian
- The Right common Carotid
What is the path of the Right Subclavian Artery?
- Passes under the clavicle towards the right upper limb
- Continues as the Axillary Artery after passing over first rib
What does the Right Common Carotid Artery supply?
- The Neck and Head Regions
What does the Left Common Carotid Artery Supply?
- The Head and Neck
What is the path of the Left Subclavian Artery?
- Passes under the clavicle towards the left upper limb
- Continues as the Axillary Artery after passing over the first rib
What are the Branches of the Subclavian Artery? (3)
- The Vertebral Artery
- The Internal Thoracic Artery
- The Thyrocervical Trunk
How does the Vertebral Artery enter the skull? What does it supply?
Enters - Via the Foramen Magnum Supplies - Spinal Cord - Medulla - Cerebellum
What is the path of the Internal Thoracic Artery? What does it give rise to?
Path
- Descends on either side of the sternum
Gives rise to
- At the level of each intercostal space, it gives rise to the anterior intercostal arteries, which join with the posterior intercostal arteries (branches of the thoracic aorta)
What does the Thyrocervical Trunk Supply blood to?
- Larynx
- Trachea
- Thyroid Gland
- Muscles
What is the Descending Aorta called above the Diaphragm?
- The Descending Thoracic Aorta
What does the Descending Thoracic Aorta Supply?
- The Thoracic Viscera (esophagus, pericardium, lungs, NOT the HEART)
What are the main branches of the thoracic aorta?
- Posterior Intercostal Arteries
Where do the posterior intercostal arteries travel?
- Within the inter-costal spaces
- Join the anterior intercoastal arteries
What is the Descending Aorta Called after the Diaphragm?
- The Abdominal Aorta
Where and What does the Abdominal Aorta Bifurcate into?
Where
- LIV Vertebrae
What
- The Common Iliac Arteries
What are the major Branches of the Abdominal Aorta?
- Celiac Artery
- Superior Mesenteric
- Inferior Mesenteric
- Renal
- Gonadal
What are the three branches of the Celiac Artery?
- Left Gastric
- Common Hepatic
- Splenic
What dos the Left Gastric branch of the Celiac Artery Supply?
- The lesser curvature of the stomach
What are the two divisions of the Common Hepatic Artery?
- Proper Hepatic
- Gastroduodenal
What does the Proper Hepatic Division of the Common Hepatic Branch of the Celiac Artery Supply?
- The liver
What does the Gastroduodenal division of the Common Hepatic Branch of the Celiac Artery Supply?
- Right Gastromental: the greater curvature of the stomach
- Superior Pancreaticodudenal Artery: The Pancreas
What does the Splenic Branch of the Celiac Artery Supply?
- The Spleen and major left gastric
What are the branches of the Superior MEsenteric Artery? (4)
- Jejunal and Ileal
- Ileocolic
- Right Colon
- Middle Colic
What does the Jejunal and Ileal Branches of the Superior Mesenteric Artery Supply?
- small intestine
What does the Ileocolic Branch of the Superior Mesenteric Artery Supply?
- Cecum and ileum terminalis
What does the right colon branch of the superior mesenteric artery supply?
- ascending colon
What does the Middle colic branch of the superior mesenteric artery supply?
- the right 2/3 part of the transverse colon
What are the 3 branches of the Inferior Mesenteric Artery?
- Left Colic
- Sigmoid
- Superior Rectal