Lesson 2B (Part 3)

Question 1

What 2 veins join and make the IVC?

Answer 1

Right and left common iliac veins

Question 2

What does the IVC receive as is ascends through the abdomen along the vertebral column?

Answer 2

Tributaries

Question 3

Where is the IVC located? (3)

Answer 3

1. Posterior to the liver
2. Lateral to the aorta (right)
3. Passes through the diaphragm
   - T8
   - drains in the lower part of the right atrium

Question 4

What kind of structure is the IVC?

Answer 4

Retroperitoneal

Question 5

What is the IVC anterior to? (3)

Answer 5

1. Right psoas muscle
2. Right renal artery
3. Right suprarenal gland

Question 6

What is the IVC posterior to? (3)

Answer 6

1. SMA
2. Pancreatic head
3. Horizontal part of the duodenum

Question 7

What dumps into the left renal artery? (2)

Answer 7

1. Left suprarenal vein

2. Left gonadal vein

Question 8

Why is the left renal vein larger than the right renal vein?

Answer 8

Because it is receiving more blood

Question 9

Why is the left renal vein longer than the right renal vein?

Answer 9

The heart is on the left so it has to go around the heart

Question 10

What 2 veins join to form the common iliac vein?

Answer 10

1. External iliac vein

2. Internal iliac vien

Question 11

What is the common iliac vein anterior to?

Answer 11

Sacroiliac joint

Question 12

What do the common iliac veins drain?

Answer 12

The regions supplied by the arteries of the same name

Question 13

Where do the common iliac veins pass?

Answer 13

Obliquely upwards from the SI joint to L5 where they join and form the IVC

Question 14

Lumbar veins

Answer 14

4-5 pairs of vessels that collect blood from the muscles and skin of the posterior abdominal wall

Question 15

Where do the gonadal veins ascend from?

Answer 15

The dorsal teste through spermatic cord into the abdomen

Question 16

Where do ovarian veins originate?

Answer 16

In the ovary

Question 17

Where do gonadal veins ascend?

Answer 17

Retroperitoneally in the abdomen

Question 18

Where does the right gonadal vein go?

Answer 18

It opens directly into the IVC

Question 19

Where does the left gonadal vein go?

Answer 19

Drains into the left renal vein

Question 20

Where are renal veins located?

Answer 20

L2 and are anterior to the renal arteries

Question 21

What does the left renal vein drain?

Answer 21

The left kidney

Question 22

What does the left renal vein receive?

Answer 22

Left suprarenal vein and left gonadal vein before emptying into the IVC

Question 23

Where is the left renal vein in reference to the aorta and SMA? (2)

Answer 23

1. Anterior to the aorta

2. Posterior to the SMA

Question 24

Where does the right renal vein drain?

Answer 24

The right kidney

Question 25

Where is the right renal vein located?

Answer 25

Slightly inferior to the left renal vein

- because the right kidney is lower than the left

Question 26

Which renal vein is shorter and more narrow?

Answer 26

Right renal vein

Question 27

Why is the right renal vein shorter and more narrow than the left renal vein?

Answer 27

It has a shorter distance to go to the heart

Question 28

Where do the suprarenal veins empty into? (R and L)

Answer 28

R = empties directly into the posterior aspect  of the IVC
L = empties into the left renal veins

Question 29

Which side of the suprarenal vein is shorter?

Answer 29

Right