Veins and arteries for abdomen, pelvis, and lower limbs

Question 1

What does the hepatic portal system do?

Answer 1

Allows the liver to monitor nutrients, drugs, and alcohol in venous blood from gastrointestinal tract

Question 2

Large vein that enters the inferior aspect of the liver

Answer 2

Hepatic Portal Vein

Question 3

Where does the hepatic portal vein collect blood from?

Answer 3

Splenic and gastric veins
Superior mesenteric vein
Inferior mesenteric vein

Question 4

Where do hepatic veins drain into?

Answer 4

inferior Vena Cava

Question 5

Where does the common iliac artery branch off from?

Answer 5

Abdominal Aorta at the L4 vertebrae level

Question 6

What does the common iliac artery branch itno?

Answer 6

External and Internal iliac artery

Question 7

External iliac artery supplies blood to where?

Answer 7

Towards lower limbs

Question 8

Internal iliac artery supplies blood to where?

Answer 8

Pelvic organs and structures

Question 9

Internal iliac artery splits into what?

Answer 9

Superior gluteal artery
Inferior Gluteal Artery
Internal Pudendal artery
Obturator Artery

Question 10

What does superior gluteal artery supply?

Answer 10

Gluteus medius

Question 11

What does inferior gluteal artery supply?

Answer 11

Gluteus maximus

Question 12

What does internal pudendal artery supply?

Answer 12

Rectum

Question 13

What does Obturator artery supply?

Answer 13

Adductors
Adductor Magnus
Adductor minimus

Question 14

After the external iliac artery exits the inguinal ligament what does it become?

Answer 14

Femoral artery

Question 15

What arteries branch off the femoral artery?

Answer 15

Deep Femoral
Circumflex femoral
Popliteal

Question 16

What does the popliteal artery become?

Answer 16

Superior and inf. genicular artery
Anterior tibial artery
Posterior tibial artery
Fibular artery

Question 17

What are the veins of the leg?

Answer 17

Popliteal
anterior tibial
posterior tibial
fibular
genicular

Question 18

Where do the veins of the leg drain into?

Answer 18

The popliteal vein

Question 19

After femoral vein leaves inguinal ligament what does it become?

Answer 19

External iliac vein

Question 20

Where does external iliac vein drain into?

Answer 20

Common iliac vein

Question 21

Where does common iliac vein drain into?

Answer 21

inferior vena cava

Question 22

What drains into internal iliac vein?

Answer 22

Superior gluteal vein
inferior gluteal vein
obturator vein
internal pudendal vein