Arteries Of The Upper Extemity

Question 1

Basic overview (R side)

Answer 1

Left ventricle
Aortic arch
Brachiocephalic (LEFT doesn’t have brachiocephalic -COMMON CAROTID comes off brachiocephalic on R, off aortic arch on LEFT)
Subclavian
Axillary
Brachial
Radial and ulnar
Digital

Question 2

Subclavian artery split into 3 parts by what?

Answer 2

Scalenes

Question 3

VIT C, D acronym used for what artery and branches?

Answer 3

Subclavian

Vertebral
Internal thoracic
Thyrocervical
Costocervical
Dorsal scapular

Question 4

Branches of thyrocervical

Answer 4

Superficial/transverse cervical
Dorsal scapular - rhomboids and levator scapulae (**also supplied by dorsal scapular nerve)
Suprascapular - runs over scapular ligament, supplies Supra and infraspinous fossas

Question 5

Subclavian becomes axillary artery when it passes?

Answer 5

On lateral border of the first rib after passing between clavicle and first rib

Question 6

Axillary has ____ parts defined by the ________ muscle

Answer 6

3, pec minor

1 - superior to pec minor
2 - deep
3 - inferior to pec minor, superior edge of teres minor