Exam 3 Arteries Flashcards
The superior epigastric artery is a branch of what artery?
From the internal thoracic artery
What is the blood supply to the anterior abdominal wall
1) superior epigastric artery
2) inferior epigastric artery
3) lumbar arteries
4) deep circumflex iliac artery
The inferior epigastric artery is a branch of what artery?
From the external iliac artery
The lumbar arteries are branches from where?
The abdominal aorta
The deep circumflex iliac artery is a branch from where?
The external iliac artery
Where is the testicular artery located within?
The spermatic cord
What is the name of the extensive network of veins, which makes up the bulk of the spermatic cord?
Pampiniform plexus of veins
The pampiniform plexus of veins join together at the deep inguinal ring to become the?
Testicular vein
Where does left testicular vein drain?
Left renal vein
Where does the right testicular vein drain?
Inferior vena cava
The artery to the ductus deferens is a branch from where?
It’s a branch from the superior vesical artery
Where does the cremasteric artery branch from?
It branches from the inferior epigastric artery
What supplies the foregut?
Branches of the celiac trunk
What supplies the midgut?
Branches of the superior mesenteric artery
What supplies the hindgut?
Branches of the inferior mesenteric artery
What is the general blood supply to the stomach?
Branches of the celiac trunk (short gastric)
What are the branches of the celiac trunk?
1) Left gastric artery
2) splenic artery
3) common hepatic artery
The esophageal and gastric branches come from what artery?
The left gastric artery
Abdominal aorta—> celiac trunk—> left gastric
What artery runs along the lesser curvature within the lesser omentum?
Left gastric artery
Supplies stomach and esophagus
What artery runs posterior to the stomach, along the superior border of the pancreas?
Splenic artery
Largest branch of celiac trunk
What are the branches of the celiac trunk?
1) Pancreatic branches
2) short gastric arteries
3) left gastro-omental
What artery/arteries give off multiple branches to the pancreas?
Pancreatic branches (Abdominal aorta---> celiac trunk---> splenic artery---> pancreatic branches)
What artery/arteries supply the fundus of the stomach?
Short gastric arteries
Abdominal aorta—> celiac trunk—> splenic artery—> short gastric arteries
What artery runs to the right along the greater curvature of these stomach within the greater omentum?
Left gastro-omental
Abdominal aorta—> celiac trunk—> splenic artery—> left gastro-omental)
What artery runs to the right along the superior Border of the pancreas?
Common hepatic
Abdominal aorta–> celiac trunk–> common hepatic artery
When does the common hepatic artery become the hepatic artery proper?
After it gives off the gastroduodenal artery
What artery descends behind the first part of the duodenum and gives off three branches?
Gastroduodenal artery
What are the branches of the common hepatic artery?
1) gastroduodenal artery
2) hepatic artery proper
What are the three branches of the gastroduodenal artery?
1) supraduodenal
2) right gastro-omental
3) superior pancreaticoduodenal
What artery supplies the superior aspect of the duodenum?
Supraduodenal artery (Abdominal aorta--> celiac trunk--> common hepatic--> gastroduodenal--> supraduodenal
What artery runs to the left along he greater curvature of stomach within the greater omentum?
Right gastro-omental artery
Abdominal aorta–> celiac trunk–> common hepatic—> gastroduodenal—> right gastro-omental artery
What artery passes between the duodenum and head of the pancreas?
Superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
Abdominal aorta– celiac trunk– common hepatic– gastroduodenal– superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
What artery participates in the formation of the anterior border of the omental foramen?
Hepatic artery proper
What artery is to the left of the bile duct and in front of the portal vein?
Hepatic artery proper
What are the branches of the hepatic artery proper?
1) right gastric artery
2) right hepatic artery
3) left hepatic artery
What artery runs along the lesser curvature of the stomach within the lesser omentum?
Right gastric artery
Abdominal aorta– celiac trunk— common hepatic– hepatic artery proper— right gastric artery
What artery supplies the right lobe of the liver?
Right hepatic artery
Abdominal aorta–celiac trunk– common hepatic– hepatic artery proper– right hepatic artery
The cystic artery is a branch off of what artery?
Right hepatic artery
What artery supplies the gall bladder?
Cystic artery
Abdominal artery– celiac trunk– common hepatic–hepatic artery proper— right hepatic— cystic artery
What artery supplies the left lobe of the liver?
Left hepatic artery
Abdominal aorta– celiac trunk– common hepatic— hepatic artery proper— left hepatic artery
From beginning to end name all arteries associated with the cystic artery?
Abdominal aorta—celiac trunk— common hepatic—hepatic artery proper— right hepatic artery—- cystic artery
From beginning to end name the path that supplies the superior aspect of the duodenum?
Abdominal aorta—celiac trunk— common hepatic— gastroduodenal— supraduodenal artery
What is the blood supply to the duodenum?
1) superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
2) supraduodenal artery
3) inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
What two branches from the gastroduodenal artery supply the duodenum?
1) superior pancreaticoduodenal
2) supraduodenal artery
What is the only branch from the superior mesenteric artery to supply the duodenum?
Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
What artery supplies only the third and fourth parts of the duodenum?
Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
What are the straight terminal branches of arteries which travel through the mesentery to supply the small intestine?
Vasa recta
What is the general blood supply to the jejunum and ileum?
Jejunum and ideal branches of the superior mesenteric artery
What areas do the superior mesenteric branches supply?
It’s branches supplies the intestine from the second part of the duodenum (where the bile duct joins) through the right 2/3 of the transverse colon
What artery supplies the pancreas and distal part of the duodenum?
Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
Abdominal aorta— superior mesenteric— jejunum and ileal
What are the 12-15 arteries which branch and anastomose within the mesentery, and supply the jejunum and ileum?
Jejunum and ileal arteries
Abdominal aorta– superior mesenteric— jejunum and ileal arteries
Better have gotten that one fucking right…
What artery descends to the ileocecal junction and supplies the ascending colon, cecum and appendix?
Ileocolic artery
Abdominal aorta– superior mesenteric–ileocolic artery
What artery supplies just the ascending colon?
Right colic artery
Abdominal artery–superior mesenteric– right colic artery
What artery supplies the transverse colon?
Middle colic artery
Abdominal aorta– superior mesenteric– middle colic artery
What are the branches of the superior mesenteric artery?
1) Inferior pancreaticoduodenal
2) jejunum and ileal arteries
3) ileocolic
4) right colic
5) middle colic
Branches from what artery supplies the large intestine from the left 1/3 of the transverse colon to the upper part of the anal canal?
Inferior mesenteric artery
What are the branches of the inferior mesenteric artery?
1) left colic artery
2) sigmoid arteries
3) superior rectal artery
What artery supplies the descending colon?
Left colic artery
Abdominal aorta– inferior mesenteric– left colic
What artery supplies the sigmoid colon?
Sigmoid arteries
Abdominal aorta— inferior mesenteric– sigmoid arteries
What artery supplies the rectum and upper part of the anal canal?
Superior rectal artery
Abdominal aorta— inferior mesenteric– superior rectal artery
What artery is the terminal branch of the inferior mesenteric artery?
Superior rectal artery
Abdominal aorta–inferior mesenteric artery– superior rectal artery
What is the anasmotic channel which runs from the cecum to the sigmoid colon?
Marginal artery
All the branches from what two arteries empty into the marginal artery?
Superior and inferior mesenteric arteries
What are the straight terminal branches from the marginal artery to the large intestine (also found in small intestine)?
Vasa Recta
What is the venous system that drains the gastrointestinal tract, spleen, pancreas, and gall bladder?
Portal venous system
What drains the gastrointestinal tract?
Portal venous system…. Seriously?
What is the drainage flow/path of the portal venous system?
1) from the abdominal organs
2) to the tributaries of the portal vein
3) then to the portal vein, which divides into right and left branches
4) then to liver sinusoids
5) then to the inferior vena cava (caval system) via the hepatic veins
What are the two interlinked venous systems within the trunk?
Portal venous system
Caval venous system
What drains everything else not drained by the portal venous system?
Caval (systemic) venous system
Duh…..
What is the blood flow/path of the caval venous system?
1) from the body wall and organs
2) to tributaries of the superior and inferior vena cava
3) then to the superior and inferior vena cava
What are the tributaries of the portal vein?
1) splenic vein
2) superior mesenteric vein
3) left gastric vein
4) paraumbilical veins
What are the four branches of the splenic vein?
1) short gastric veins
2) left gastro-omental vein
3) pancreatic vein
4) inferior mesenteric vein
What are the branches of the inferior mesenteric VEIN?
1) Left colic vein
2) sigmoid veins
3) superior rectal vein
What two veins unite to form the inferior mesenteric vein?
Sigmoid and superior rectal veins
Think about it, superior rectal artery was the terminal end so it’s going to be the official beginning of vein…
What are the branches of these superior mesenteric vein?
1) jejunum and ileal veins
2) ileocolic vein
3) right colic vein
4) middle colic vein
5) right gastro-omental vein
6) pancreaticoduodenal vein
What vein accompanies the ligamentum teres to the umbilicus?
Paraumbilical veins
All tributaries of the portal vein accompany arteries of the same name, except for what vein?
Paraumbilical vein
What is the site of the portal-caval anastomoses between the esophageal and left gastric veins?
The site is the distal esophagus
What site and what veins anastomose would produce an obstructive sign of esophageal varices?
The (caval) esophageal vein and the (portal) left gastritis vein at the site of the distal esophagus
What is the site for the caval-portal anastomose for the superficial veins of anterior abdominal wall and paraumbilical veins?
Around umbilicus
What site and caval-portal anastomose would you find an obstructive sign of Caput medusae?
Site: around umbilicus
Caval: superficial veins of anterior abdominal vein
Portal: paraumbilical veins
Obstructive sign: Caput medusae
What is the site of caval-portal anastomose between middle/inferior rectal and superior rectal veins?
Rectum and anal canal
What is the site and caval-portal anastomose that might cause an obstructive sign of hemorrhoids?
Site: rectum and anal canal
Portal: superior rectal vein
Caval: middle and inferior rectal
Obstructive sign: hemorrhoids
What organ receives a dual blood supply from portal VEIN and hepatic ARTERY?
The liver you dumb mother fucker
What artery and vein passes posterior to the neck and anterior to the uncinate process of the pancreas?
Superior mesenteric artery and vein
What artery runs along the SUPERIOR surface of the pancreas and it’s accompanying vein runs along the POSTERIOR surface?
Splenic artery at superior surface
Splenic vein at posterior surface
-together they form a portal vein
What is the blood supply to the pancreas?
1) pancreatic branches of the splenic artery
2) superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
3) inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
I think we all know what the splenic artery and vein go to?
The spleen…
