Vasculature

Question 0

Lymphatic drainage of the breast

Answer 0

Subareolar lymphatic plexus: axillary lymph nodes, parasternal lymph nodes, and the abdominal lymph nodes

Question 1

Venous drainage of the breast

Answer 1

Axillary vein and internal thoracic vein

Question 2

What are the three arteries of the thoracic wall?

Answer 2

Thoracic aorta, subclavian artery, and axillary artery

Question 3

What are the three branches of the internal thoracic artery (branch of the subclavian artery)?

Answer 3

Anterior intercostal artery, superior epigastric artery, and musculophrenic artery

Question 4

What are two branches of the thoracic aorta?

Answer 4

Posterior intercostal artery and bronchial artery

Question 5

Which side of the body is the azygous vein?

Answer 5

Right

Question 6

Which side of the body is the hemiazygous vein?

Answer 6

Left (sits under the aorta)

Question 7

What are the three branches of the celiac trunk?

Answer 7

Left gastric artery, splenic artery, and common hepatic artery

Question 8

What are the three arteries that supply the superior part of the diaphragm?

Answer 8

Pericardiophrenic, muscoluphrenic, and superior phrenic arteries

Question 9

What artery supplies the inferior part of the diaphragm?

Answer 9

Inferior phrenic artery

Question 10

What are three branches off of the common hepatic artery?

Answer 10

Right gastric, gastroduodenal, and proper hepatic arteries

Question 11

What side of the body is the thoracic duct on?

Answer 11

Right

Question 12

What are the two main drainage systems?

Answer 12

1. Thoracic duct - RLQ, LUG, LLQ

2. Right lymphatic duct - RUQ

Question 13

What do the thoracic duct and right lymphatic duct drain into?

Answer 13

Left and right subclavian veins back to the RA of the heart

Question 14

The azygous and hemiazygous veins are branches of what vein?

Answer 14

Common iliac vein

Question 15

Where do the azygous and hemiazygous vein empty into?

Answer 15

Hemiazygous empties into azygous which empties into superior vena cava

Question 16

Caval system

Answer 16

Gonadal and renal veins drain into the inferior vena cava

Question 17

Portal system

Answer 17

Inferior mesenteric, superior mesenteric, and splenic veins drain into portal vein which goes to the liver and empties into the hepatic vein which empties into the inferior vena cava

Question 18

What type of organs do the caval and portal system supply?

Answer 18

Caval = retroperitoneal
Portal = intraperitoneal

Question 19

What do the superior mesenteric artery and vein supply?

Answer 19

Ascending colon, transverse colon, and small intestine

Question 20

What do the inferior mesenteric artery and vein supply?

Answer 20

Descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum

Question 21

Where do the posterior and anterior intercostal veins drain into?

Answer 21

Anterior intercostal veins drain into posterior intercostal veins which drain into the azygous and hemiazygous veins

Question 22

What are the five branches of the abdominal aorta?

Answer 22

Renal, gonadal, celiac trunk, superior mesenteric, and inferior mesenteric arteries

Question 23

What are the two branches of the internal iliac artery?

Answer 23

Anterior and posterior divison

Question 24

What are the branches of the anterior division of the internal iliac artery?

Answer 24

Internal pudendal, inferior gluteal, umbilical, and obturator arteries

Question 25

What are the branches of the posterior division?

Answer 25

Iliolumbar, lateral sacral, and superior gluteal ateries