The Vena Cava

Question 1

what are the two main portions of the vena cava

Answer 1

superior and inferior vena cava

Question 2

what drains into the superior vena cava

Answer 2

• right brachiocephalic and left brachiocephalic
• azygos vein

Question 3

what drains into the brachiocephalic veins

Answer 3

subclavian, external and internal jugular

Question 4

what drains into the subclavian veins

Answer 4

axillary veins from the upper limbs

Question 5

what does the external jugular drain

Answer 5

parotid gland
scalp
side of the face

Question 6

what does the right external jugular drain into

Answer 6

the subclavian, which drains into the brachiocephalic

Question 7

what drains into the internal jugular

Answer 7

common facial vein

Question 8

what does the internal jugular drain into

Answer 8

the subclavian which drains into the brachiocephalic to go into the superior vena cava

Question 9

what drains into the external jugular

Answer 9

posterior retromandibular vein and posterior auricular vein

Question 10

wha does the internal jugular drain from

Answer 10

the brain , skull and oral cavity

Question 11

what drains the brain

Answer 11

the cerebral vein, which drains into the internal jugular

Question 12

what does the vertebral vein drain

Answer 12

cervical spine, preverteberal and sub occipital vein

Question 13

what drains into the inferior vena cava

Answer 13

the hepatic portal vein
renal vein
gonadal vein

Question 14

what drains into the hepatic portal vein

Answer 14

blood from the intestine, pancreas, stomach, spleen, gall bladder

Question 15

what does the splenic vein drain into

Answer 15

the hepatic portal vein

Question 16

what does the splenic vein drain from

Answer 16

the spleen and the body and neck of the pancreas

Question 17

what does the superior mesenteric vein drain into

Answer 17

the hepatic portal vein

Question 18

what does the superior mesenteric vein drain from

Answer 18

small intestine, caecum ascending and transverse colon

Question 19

what does the inferior mesenteric vein drain into

Answer 19

the splenic vein whcih drains to the hepatic portal vein

Question 20

what does the inferior mesenteric vein drain from

Answer 20

the distal transverse colon, the descending and the sigmoid colon

Question 21

what does the renal vein drain from

Answer 21

kidneys

Question 22

what does the renal vein drain into

Answer 22

the inferior vena cava

Question 23

what does the gonadal vein drain from

Answer 23

the testes and ovaries

Question 24

what does the gonadal vein drain into

Answer 24

directly into the inferior vena cava on the right, but into the left renal on the left

Question 25

what does the common iliac vein drain from

Answer 25

the lower limbs

Question 26

what does the common iliac vein drain into

Answer 26

inferior vena cava

Question 27

which veins drain into the hepatic portal vein

Answer 27

the splenic, superior mesenteric and inferior mesenteric

Question 28

what does the inferior vena cava drain from

Answer 28

the hepatic, suprarenal, renal, and gonadal veins

Question 29

what are the arteries that supply the stomach

Answer 29

the left gastric right gastric left and right gastroomental

Question 30

what are the parts of the duodenum

Answer 30

superior superior duodenal flexure descending inferior duodenal flexure inferior

Question 31

what are the arteries of the pancreas

Answer 31

the superior and inferior pancreaticoduodenal flexures

Question 32

what are the ducts of the pancreas

Answer 32

the major minor and vater papilla

Question 33

what are the lobes of the liver

Answer 33

right hepatic left hepatic caudate quadrate

Question 34

which veins drain the spleen

Answer 34

splenic veins

Question 35

which veins drain the kidney

Answer 35

the renal vein

Question 36

what are the veins that drain the stomach

Answer 36

short gastric right gastroomental prepyloric

Question 37

what veins drain the fundus and left of the greater curvature of the stomach

Answer 37

short gastric vein

Question 38

what does the short gastric vein drain

Answer 38

the fundus and left greater curvature of the stomach

Question 39

what vein drains the right of the greater curvature of the stomach

Answer 39

the right gastroomental

Question 40

which vein drains the pylorus of the stomach

Answer 40

the prepyloric vein

Question 41

what veins drain the pancreas and the duodenum

Answer 41

the superior and inferior pancreaticoduodenal veins

Question 42

what veins drain into the splenic vein

Answer 42

the gastroomental, pancreatic and inferior mesenteric veins

Question 43

what veins drain the ileum, caecum and appendix

Answer 43

the superior mesenteric veins

Question 44

what do the appendicular veins drain into

Answer 44

the ileocaecal vein, which drains into the superior mesenteric veins