Circulatory System part 1 Flashcards
What are these vessels?
- Right Coronary Artery
- Left Cornary artery
Vessel that branches off the right coronary artery:
Posterior Interventricular artery
Branches from the left coronary artery:
Circumflex branch
Branches off the left coronary artery:
Anterior interventricular branch
What are the three vessels that branch from the aortic arch?
From anatomical right to left
- Brachiocephalic
- Left common carotid
- Left subclavian
What is this vessel?
Brachiocephalic
Branches from the brachiocephalic:
Right subclavian
Branches from the brachiocephalic:
Right common carotid
What is this artery from aortic arch?
Left common carotid
What is this artery from the aortic arch?
Left subclavian
Branch of subclavian under armpit:
Axillary artery
Runs parallel to humerus:
Brachial artery
What is this artery of the forearm?
Radial artery
What is this artery of the forearm?
Medial Artery
What is this artery of the forearm?
Ulnar Artery
Where vessels of forearm merge:
Palmar arches
Branches from the common carotid:
External Carotid
Branches from the common carotid:
Internal carotid
Arteries that run through transverse foramina of cervical vertebra:
Vertebral Arteries
Where vertebral arteries branch:
Basilar artery
Complex of arteries from Internal carotid and basilar:
Circle of Willis
What is the aorta known as before it passes the diaphragm:
Thoracic Aorta
What is the aorta know as after it passes the diaphragm:
Abdominal aorta
Arteries that connect to the thoracic aorta:
Intercoastal arteries
