Circulatory System Anatomy

Question 1

Describe pulmonary circulation

Answer 1

• Low pressure system -
• takes deoxygenated blood from right side of heart to the lungs
•takes oxygenated blood from lungs to the left side of the heart

Question 2

Describe systemic circulation

Answer 2

•High pressure system
Takes oxygenated blood from the left side of the heart to the tissues
Returns deoxygenated blood from the tissues to the right side of the heart

Question 3

Name the vessels coming off the aortic arch

Answer 3

Brachiocephalic trunk - right subclavian and right common carotid
Left common carotid
Left subclavian

Question 4

Name the main vessels found in the head and neck

Answer 4

Internal and external carotids
Internal and external jugular vein
Vertebral artery and vein

Question 5

Name the Arteries found in the upper limb

Answer 5

Axillary artery
Brachial artery
Radial artery
Ulnar artery

Question 6

Name the vessels found in the thorax?

Answer 6

Right and left brachiocephalic veins
Thoracic aorta
Azygos, hemiazygos and accessory hemiazygos veins
Posterior intercostal vessels.

Question 7

Name the vessels you can find int he abdomen?

Answer 7

Descending aorta
Common iliac vessels
Internal and external iliac muscles
Renal vessels
Coeliac trunk, superior and inferior mesenteric arteries

Question 8

Name the vessels you can find in the lower limb?

Answer 8

Femoral artery
Popliteal artery
Anterior and posterior tibial
Dorsalis pedis
Great and short saphenous veins.

Question 9

Describe the vessel organisation of the systemic circulation in the head and neck

Answer 9

Brachiocephalic trunk bifurcates into the right subclavian and the right common carotid.
The right common carotid travels up to the neck and bifurcate into the internal carotid (towards the back of the head) and the external carotid (towards the face).
The vertebral is down from the ear.