The Head and Neck Blood Circulation

Question 1

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Answer 1

First artery in the arch of the aorta is the innominate artery. Next artery is the left common carotid rtey and the 3rd is the subclavian artery

Question 2

423

Answer 2

Innominate artery subdivides into right common carotid and right subclavian artery. Each subclavian artery has an upward branch, the verterbral artery

Question 3

425

Answer 3

Right and left common carotid arteries and left and right vertebral arteries extend upwards and supply blood to the head and neck

Question 4

426

Answer 4

Right and common carotid arteries extend upward along the trachea until the reach the upper border of the thyroid cartilage where they divide in internal carotid arteries and external carotid arteries

Question 5

431

Answer 5

External Carotid arteries supply blood to neck, face, mouth, mandible and scalp. Internal carotid arteries and external carotid arteries

Question 6

432

Answer 6

External carotid artery has several branches, First superior thyroid artery which supplies blood to the thyroid gland

Question 7

437

Answer 7

2nd principal branch off the external carotid is lingual artery

Question 8

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Answer 8

The next major branch of the external carotid is the external maxillary artery

Question 9

451

Answer 9

Then, the next branch off is the occipital artery

Question 10

459

Answer 10

After these branches, the external carotid subdivides in superficial temporal artery and the internal maxillary artery

Question 11

460

Answer 11

Branch of the external carotid subdivides in superficial temporal artery

Question 12

465

Answer 12

Branch of the external carotid that leads to deep structures of face is the internal maxillary artery

Question 13

482

Answer 13

Blood flows into all these arteries then into arterioles, then into capillaries, into venules, and finally 2 large veins

Question 14

489

Answer 14

Posterior facial vein amd posterior auricular vein combine to form external jugular vein

Question 15

498

Answer 15

External jugular veins empty subclavian veins. Right external jugular veins empties in right subclavian vein and vice versa

Question 16

503

Answer 16

Right and left subclavian vein empty into right and left innominate veins

Question 17

508

Answer 17

Right and left innominate veins combine form superior vena cava which empties into the right atrium of the heart

Question 18

526

Answer 18

Describe the circulation of the blood from the heart to the right side of the head and return