circulation/great vessels

Question 1

name this vessel

Answer 1

aorta. sits at the back of the thorax

Question 2

what is the thoracic aorta called after it passes through the diaphragm

Answer 2

abdominal aorta

Question 3

label these areas and determine which vessels supply them with blood

Answer 3

foregut- coeliac trunk
midgut - superior mesenteric artery
hindgut - inferior mesenteric artery

Question 4

describe how deoxygentaeed blood gets into the liver

Answer 4

drains from celiac, inf and sup mesenteric arteries via stomach etc into hepatic portal vein, then goes to heart via little veins

Question 5

what is this. what does it do

Answer 5

hepatic portal vein receives de-ox blood from gut, takes it to liver to be cleaned before it carries on to the heart

Question 6

what is this, what does it do? what is significant about left and right

Answer 6

l and r venous angles. receives lymphatic material from the whole body.
Left drains both legs and abdomen, right only drains half of thorax, right arm and head

Question 7

what does blockage of lymphatic ducts lead to

Answer 7

lymphodema

Question 8

what has happened here

Answer 8

occlusion of r axillary artery