lec 5 Flashcards
Heart Great Vessels
- superior vena cava
- inferior vena cava
- pulmonary veins
- pulmonary trunk
- The aorta
Right ventricle pumps the blood to the lungs through
pulmonary trunk
blood returns from lungs to the left atrium then to left ventricle through
pulmonary veins oxygenated blood
only veins that carry oxygenated blood
pulmonary veins
blood AWAY from the heart(right ventricle ) to the lungs
Pulmonary arteries(This blood is low in oxygen, high in carbon dioxide”)
The pulmonary trunk emerges from
the right ventricle
branches of pulmonary trunk
right pulmonary artery runs to the right lung
left pulmonary artery goes to the left lung
The Ascending Aorta Gives two branches
two coronary arteries to the heart muscle
Aortic Arch has three branches
1- Brachiocephalic trunk
2- Left common carotid a.
3- Left subclavian a
Brachiocephalic trunk, has 2 branches
a- Right common carotid a.
b- Right subclavian a.
Ligamentum arteriosum
connecting the Aortic arch to the left
pulmonary artery , It is an embryonic duct (ductus arteriosus then to the placenta.) that conveys the blood in the embryo from the pulmonary trunk to aorta. It is
closed after birth and changed into a ligament.
Ligamentum arteriosum
after birth:
in embryo
ductus arteriosus
(R) common carotid artery arises from
the brachiocephalic artery
(Lt) common carotid artery arises
directly from the aortic arch
Main sources of blood supply to head, face and neck
common carotid arteries
common carotid artery Located
on either side of neck and divide into internal and external carotid arteries
artery that (Supplies structures outside skull)
External carotid artery
artery Supplies the inside of the skull
Internal carotid artery
structures outside skull
the scalp, External ear, face, neck and sides of head
structures inside skull
brain, eye ball (Retina), eyelid, forehead, nose and internal ear
Common carotid artery split into the external and internal carotid arteries at
the upper border of the thyroid cartilage, at around the level of the fourth cervical vertebra.