Chapter 15 - Arteries & Veins

Question 1

What are the three branches of the aortic arch?

Answer 1

1. brachiocephalic trunk
2. left common carotid
3. left subclavian

Question 2

passes through the thorax

Answer 2

thoracic aorta

Question 3

passes through the diaphragm and along the vertebral column in the abdomen

Answer 3

abdominal aorta

Question 4

exits the right ventricle

Answer 4

pulmonary trunk

Question 5

carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs

Answer 5

pulmonary artery

Question 6

carries blood to the small intestine and first part of the large intestine

Answer 6

superior mesenteric

Question 7

passes behind the clavicle

Answer 7

subclavian artery

Question 8

first branch off the abdominal aorta inferior to the diaphragm

Answer 8

celiac trunk

Question 9

carry blood to the kidneys

Answer 9

right and left renal artery

Question 10

arteries that stay in the pelvic cavity

Answer 10

internal iliac arteries

Question 11

arteries that pass into the legs

Answer 11

external iliac arteries

Question 12

dumps blood into the right atrium superior to the heart

Answer 12

superior vena cava

Question 13

travels through abdominal cavity adjacent to the abdominal aorta; enters the right atrium from inferior to the heart

Answer 13

inferior vena cava

Question 14

hepatic vein

Answer 14

empties blood from the liver into the inferior vena cava

Question 15

renal veins

Answer 15

paired veins from kidneys to the IVC

Question 16

short veins that join to form the inferior vena cava

Answer 16

common iliac veins

Question 17

large deep vein in the thigh

Answer 17

femoral vein

Question 18

large, superficial vein on the medial aspect of the thigh

Answer 18

great saphenous vein

Question 19

vein located behind the knee

Answer 19

popliteal vein

Question 20

carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart

Answer 20

pulmonary veins

Question 21

blue vessels on the heart that return deoxygenated blood from the heart muscle to the coronary sinus

Answer 21

cardiac veins

Question 22

slightly expanded vessel on the posterior aspect of the heart that dumps deoxygenated blood from the heart muscle into the right atrium

Answer 22

coronary sinus