Week 1 - Lesson 4 (Part 2)

Question 1

How are veins described?

Answer 1

Beginning from their origin which is the opposite of arteries

Question 2

What do deep veins run along?

Answer 2

The path of its counterpart artery

Question 3

Where do superficial veins lay?

Answer 3

Closer to the skin surface

Question 4

How do superficial veins run?

Answer 4

Typically alone

Question 5

How many branchial arteries are there?

Answer 5

1

Question 6

How many brachial veins are there?

Answer 6

2

- on either side of the artery

Question 7

Which innominate vein is larger and longer?

Answer 7

The left one

Question 8

What are 8 examples of deep arm veins?

Answer 8

1. Palmar arch
2. Radial
3. Ulnar
4. Interosseous
5. Brachial
6. Axillary
7. Subclavian
8. Brachiocephalic

Question 9

What are 2 examples of superficial arm veins?

Answer 9

1. Cephalic

2. Basilic

Question 10

Where is the cephalic vein located?

Answer 10

More lateral

Question 11

Where is the basilic vein located?

Answer 11

More medial

Question 12

What are 2 examples of neck veins?

Answer 12

1. Internal jugular

2. External jugular

Question 13

What does the axillary vein become at the level of the 1st rib?

Answer 13

The subclavian vein

Question 14

Where do the brachiocephalic veins form?

Answer 14

At the junction of the internal jugular and subclavian veins

- at each side of base of neck

Question 15

What forms the SVC?

Answer 15

The junction of the 2 brachiocephalic veins

- behind the right side of the sternum

Question 16

Where does the SVC drain?

Answer 16

Into the right atrium of the heart

Question 17

What does the external jugular vein receive?

Answer 17

The greater part of the blood from the exterior of the cranium and the deep parts of the face

Question 18

Where does the cephalic vein extend from?

Answer 18

The antecubital fossa

Question 19

What does the cephalic vein dump into?

Answer 19

Into the axillary vein

- just below the clavicle

Question 20

Where does the cephalic vein run compared to the biceps muscle? (2)

Answer 20

1. Superficial

2. Lateral

Question 21

Where does the basilic vein course?

Answer 21

Along the medial aspect of the biceps muscle

Question 22

What does the basilic vein join up with?

Answer 22

The brachial vein

Question 23

What does the basilic and brachial vein join to form?

Answer 23

The axillary vein

Question 24

What do both the basilic and brachial vein communicate with?

Answer 24

The median cubital vein at the antecubital fossa

Question 25

What do the digital veins communicate with at the wrist?

Answer 25

With the forearm veins at the palmer arches