Week 1 - Lesson 4 (Part 1) Flashcards
Where is the arm located between?
Between the shoulder and the elbow
What is the arm called?
Brachium
Where is the forearm located between?
Between the elbow and the wrist
What is the forearm called?
Antebrachium
What is another term for the innominate artery?
Brachiocephalic artery
What is the first branch of the SCA?`
Vertebral artery
What are considered note worthy branches of the SCA? (3)
- Thyrocervical
- Internal Mammary
- Costocervical
What does the subclavian artery branches give rise to supply? (4)
- Brain
- Neck
- Thoracic wall
- Shoulder
What does the axillary artery become after crossing the inferolateral margin of the Teres Major muscle?
Brachial artery
Where does the axillary artery branch to? (3)
- Thorax
- Axilla
- Upper arm
Where does the brachial artery extend?
From the axilla to 1 cm below the elbow joint
What is the largest brachial artery?
Deep brachial artery
What is another name for the deep brachial artery?
Profunda brachii
How does the brachial artery end?
By dividing into the radial and ulnar arteries in the forearm
What level is blood pressure measured at?
The antecubital fossa
- anterior portion of the elbow
What are the forearm arteries? (2)
- Ulnar artery
2. Radial artery
Which forearm artery is larger?
The ulnar artery
Where does the ulnar artery extend?
Distally along medial aspect of forearm
Where is the ulnar artery distal?
At the wrist
What does the ulnar artery form?
The superficial palmar arch
What are the major branches of the ulnar artery? (6)
- Ulnar recurrent
- Interosseous
- Palmar
- Dorsal carpal
- Deep palmer arch of hand
- Superficial palmar arch of hand
What artery do we use to measure the pulse at the wrist?
The radial artery
Where does the radial artery extend?
Distally along lateral aspect of forearm
What happens to the radial artery at the wrist?
It winds laterally to the dorsal aspect
