Chapter 37 Flashcards
Latin word for shoulder
Humerus
Latin word for armpit
Axilla
Latin word for arm
Brachium
Latin word for elbow
Cubitus
Latin word for forearm
antebrachium
Latin word for wrist
Carpus
Latin word for hand
Manus
Latin word for palm
Palma
Latin word for fingers
Digiti manus
Latin word for thumb
Pollex
What 5 bones make up the shoulder girdle (C shaped)
Manubrium of the sternum
Right and left scapulae
Right and left clavicles
Arteries originate _____ and terminate _____.
proximally; distally
Veins originate _____ and terminate _____.
distally; proximally
Blood is returned from the upper limb by what 2 sets of veins?
Deep and Superficial veins
What veins course with an artery of the same name?
Deep veins
What veins are paired distal to the axilla in an arrangement known as venue comitantes?
Deep veins
What deep vein is the exception to the venae comitante arrangement?
Axillary vein
Superficial veins are located in what?
The subcutaneous tissue.
What are the superficial veins of the upper limb?
palmar digital veins intercapitular veins dorsal digital veins dorasal metacarpal veins dorsal venous arch cephalic vein basilic vein median cubital vein
What are the veins that are located on the palmar aspects of the fingers that drain into intercapitular veins?
palmar digital veins
What veins connect the palmar digital veins with dorsal digital veins?
Intercapitular veins
What veins are located on the dorsal aspects of the fingers?
Dorsal digital veins
What veins unite to form the dorsal metacarpal veins?
Dorsal digital veins
What veins are located on the dorsum of the hand and drain into the dorsal venous arch?
dorsal metacarpal veins
what vein is found of the dorsal part of the proximal portion of the hand that gives origin to the cephalic and basilic veins?
dorsal venous arch
What vein originates as the continuation of the lateral side of the dorsal venous arch?
cephalic vein
The cephalic vein ascends on the ____ side of the anterior surface of the _____ forearm.
lateral; proximal
The cephalic vein courses through subcutaneous tissue ____ to the cubital fossa and then ascends on the ____ side of the anterior surface of the arm.
anterior; lateral
The cephalic vein enters the _____ _____ between the deltoid and pectorals major muscles.
deltopectoral groove
The cephalic vein courses ___ through the fascia (clavipectoral fascia) above the _____ ____ and terminates by joining the ____ ____.
deep; pectorals major muscle; axillary vein
What vein originates as the continuation of the medial side of the dorsal venous arch?
Basilic vein
The basilic vein courses through the subcutaneous tissue ____ to the cubital fossa and then ascends on the _____ side of the anterior surface of the arm.
anterior; medial
At the middle of the arm, the basilic vein courses deep, pierces the fascia of the arm and terminates by joining the _____ ____.
Brachial veins
The junction of the _____ ___ and the ____ ____ forms the axillary vein.
basilic vein; brachial veins
The axillary vein is a ____ vein and therefore courses with the _____ artery.
deep; axillary
What does the axillary vein drain?
BOTH deep and superficial venous systems
The median cubital vein is a cross connection that usually ascends passing _____ to _____.
lateral to medial
The median cubital vein comes from the ____ vein to the ____vein in the subcutaneous tissue _____ to the cubital fossa.
cephalic; basilic; anterior
