Vessels/vasculature of LE Flashcards
Systemic circulatory system moves blood …
From heart to body
Pulmonary circulatory system moves blood…
From heart to lungs
Arteries carry blood ___ from chambers of the heart
Away
Arteries deliver…
Oxygen, nutrients, hormones
Arteries in systemic circulatory system have ______ RBCs
Oxygenated
Veins carry blood _____ chambers of heart
Toward
Veins return…
Blood, metabolites, waste, carbon dioxide
Veins in systemic circulatory system has _____ RBCs
Deoxygenated
Characteristics of arteries/veins…
Arteries: thicker wall, more elastin, can feel pulse
Veins: thinner wall, less elastin, more valves
Femoral artery arises from ____ ____ at level of ____ _____ , passes through femoral sheath along with ____ _____ as it enters the ____ ____
External iliac
Inguinal ligament
Femoral vein
Femoral triangle
Femoral artery terminates at…
Adductor hiatus
Femoral triangle borders:
Upper
Lateral
Medial
Anterior wall
Posterior wall
U: inguinal ligament
L: medial border of Sartorius
M: medial border of adductor longus
AW: fascia lata
PW: adductor longus, Pectineus, Iliopsoas (med to lat)
What are the branches of profunda femoris?
Medial femoral circumflex a.
Lateral femoral circumflex a.
Perforating branches
What makes up the cruciate anastomosis?
Lateral femoral circumflex a.
Medial femoral circumflex a.
Inferior gluteal a.
1st perforating branch a.
What branch supplies Vastus lateralis?
Lateral femoral circumflex a.
What branch supplies adductors, femoral head, hip, Obturator externus?
Medial femoral circumflex a.
What branch supplies medial and posterior compartments?
Perforating branches
Branches of popliteal artery
Muscular branches
Sural aa
Cutaneous
Genicular
What are the genicular arteries?
Superior medial
Inferior medial
Middle
Superior lateral
Inferior lateral
Genicular arteries form a(n) _____ around the knee
Anastomosis
Popliteal artery ends at _____ and bifurcates into _____ and _____
Inferior border of Popliteus
Anterior tibial a
Posterior tibial a
Which artery supplies posterior and lateral compartments of leg?
Posterior tibial a
What are the branches of posterior tibial artery and what do they supply?
Fibular a: lateral compartment
Nutrient a: supplies tibia
Muscular branches: muscles of posterior compartment
Which nerve does posterior tibial artery run with?
Tibial N.
Which nerve does anterior tibial artery run with?
Deep fibular N.
Which artery emerges anteriorly after passing through proximal IOM at head of fibula, proximal tibia?
Anterior tibial a.
“From internal iliac a. through Obturator canal” describes which artery?
Obturator a.
The anterior and posterior branch of _____ artery sandwiches _____ ?
Obturator
Adductor brevis
Superior/inferior gluteal arteries branch from _____
Internal iliac a.
Superior gluteal a. supplies…
G. Max, min, med, TFL
Inferior gluteal artery supplies…
G. Max, Piriformis, QF
Superficial veins run in _____ and deep veins run with ____
Fascia
Arteries
What is the longest vein in the body?
Great saphenous vein
The great saphenous vein is on the _____ aspect of leg/thigh
Medial
Great saphenous vein ends when it drains into …
Femoral vein
“Drains sole/dorsum of foot and thigh via digital, dorsal metatarsal, and dorsal venous arch” describes which vein or artery?
Great saphenous vein
The small saphenous vein is on the _____ aspect
Posterior
Which vein passes around lateral malleolus?
Small saphenous v.
Which vein drains lateral foot and leg?
Small saphenous vein
What are the superficial veins?
Great/small saphenous
What are the deep veins?
Plantar digital vv
Posterior tibial and fibular vv
Anterior tibial v
Popliteal v
Femoral v
Deep femoral v
Which veins accompany arteries of the same name (typically)?
Deep
