Lecture 8 Flashcards
1
Q
Location of the abdominal aorta in abdomen
A
T12 - aortic hiatus beginning
L4 - splits into iliac arteries
2
Q
Paired branches of abdominal aorta
A
Inferior phrenic Suprarenal arteries Renal arteries Gonadal arteries 4 lumbar branches
3
Q
Abdominal vena cava dimensions
A
Begins- L5
- joining of the common iliac veins
Ends- T8
- passes through the diaphragm
4
Q
Coeliac trunk branches
A
- Splenic artery
- Left gastric artery
- Common hepatic a
5
Q
Coeliac trunk vertebral level
A
T12
6
Q
Level of superior mesenteric artery
A
L1
7
Q
Branches of the superior mesenteric a
A
- pancreaticoduodenal artery
- jejunal artery
- ileal artery
- ileo-colic artery
- midcolic artery
