Main Arteries, Veins And Lymphatics Of Trunk And Chest Wall

Question 1

What is the vertebral level of the bifurcation of the abdominal aorta?

Answer 1

L4

Question 2

What is the vertebral level of the bifurcation of the common illiac arteries?

Answer 2

L5

Question 3

Name the branches of the aortic arch.

Answer 3

Brachiocephalic
Left common carotid
Left subclavian

Question 4

What does the brachiocephalic artery branch into?

Answer 4

Right common carotid artery and right subclavian artery

Question 5

The common illiac arteries arise at what vertebral level? And what do they lie in?

Answer 5

L4 and lie in the illiac fossae

Question 6

Where do the external and internal illiac arteries arise?

Answer 6

L5

Question 7

What artery gives rise to the femoral artery?

Answer 7

The external common illiac artery

Question 8

What artery supplies the pelvic viscera?

Answer 8

Internal illiac artery

Question 9

Whats the position of the internal illiac artery in relation to the external illiac artery?

Answer 9

The external is more lateral whereas the internal is more medial

Question 10

What so the right and left brachiocephalic veins drain into?

Answer 10

The SVC

Question 11

What are the ributaries of the SVC and the IVC?

Answer 11

SVC - right and left brachiocephalic veins and azygos vein

IVC - right and left common illiac veins

Question 12

Where does the azygos veinous system drain blood from?

Answer 12

Posterior intercostal veins to the SVC

Question 13

At what vertebral level aprox does the hemiazygos vein drain into the azygos vein?

Answer 13

T8/T9

Question 14

At what vertebral level does the thoracic duct commence and what is this called?

Answer 14

L1 as cisterna chyli

Question 15

Where does the thoacic duct drain into?

Answer 15

The medial end of the left brachiocephalic vein

Question 16

Where does the right lymphatic drain into?

Answer 16

The medial end of the right subclavian vein

Question 17

Where does the thoracic duct drain into?

Answer 17

The medial end of the left bronchocephalic vein

Junction of left internal jugular and subclavian veins

Question 18

Where does the right lymphatic duct drain into?

Answer 18

The medial end of the the right subclavian vein

Junction of left internal jugular and left subclavian veins

Question 19

where does the internal thoracic artery originate?

Answer 19

comes from the left subclavian artery