Exam 3 - Blood Supply to the Abdomen and Pelvis

Question 1

When does the thoracic aorta become the abdominal aorta?

Answer 1

when it goes through the aortic hiatus

Question 2

What are the branches of the abdominal aorta?

Answer 2

celiac artery, cranial mesenteric artery, phrenicoabdominal artery, renal artery, gonadal arteries, lumbar arteries, deep cirumflex iliac arteries, internal and external iliac arteries

Question 3

What are the unpaired branches of the aorta?

Answer 3

celiac artery, cranial mesenteric artery, and the caudal mesenteric artery

Question 4

What are the paired branches of the aorta?

Answer 4

renal arteries, gonadal arteries

Question 5

What are the paired parietal branches of the aorta?

Answer 5

phrenicoabdominal artery, lumbar arteries, deep circumflex iliac artery

Question 6

Where does the celiac artery arise from?

Answer 6

the ventral aspect of the aorta

Question 7

What are the branches of the celiac artery?

Answer 7

hepatic artery, left gastric artery, splenic artery

Question 8

What does the hepatic artery run in?

Answer 8

the mesoduodenum

Question 9

What does the hepatic artery follow?

Answer 9

the hepato-duodenal ligament

Question 10

What does the hepatic artery supply?

Answer 10

the liver, gall bladder, stomach, and the duodenum

Question 11

What are two branches of the hepatic artery?

Answer 11

right gastric and gastroduodenal artery

Question 12

What does the right gastric artery supply and how?

Answer 12

the stomach by passing the lesser curvature and anastamosing with the left gastric artery

Question 13

What does the gastroduodenal artery divide into?

Answer 13

the right gastroepiploic artery and cranial pancreaticoduodenal artery

Question 14

What does the pancreaticoduodenal artery supply?

Answer 14

the right lobe of the pancreas and the duodenum

Question 15

Where does the left gastric artery run?

Answer 15

on the lesser curvature of the stomach and anastomoses with the right gastric artery

Question 16

What does the left gastric artery supply?

Answer 16

the stomach and the esophagus

Question 17

What does the splenic artery supply>

Answer 17

the left lobe of the pancreas, the spleen, and the stomach via the gastroepiploic artery

Question 18

What does the gastroepiploic artery anastamose with?

Answer 18

the right gastroepiploic artery of the hepatic artery

Question 19

What does the cranial mesenteric artery supply?

Answer 19

the duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, and descending colon

Question 20

What does the caudal mesenteric artery supply?

Answer 20

the descending colon and the rectum

Question 21

True or False: The left renal artery is more cranial to the right renal artery

Answer 21

False - the right renal artery is more cranial

Question 22

What do the ovarian arteries supply?

Answer 22

After passing through the mesovarium, they supply the ovary, oviduct, and uterine horns

Question 23

What do the ovarian arteries anastamose with?

Answer 23

the uterine artery from the vaginal artery of the external iliac

Question 24

Where is the testicular vein located?

Answer 24

ventral to the ureter and courses with the testicular vein

Question 25

What is the testicular artery enclosed in?

Answer 25

the mesorchium that surrounds the vas deferens to form the spermatic cord

Question 26

What does the phreniocoabdominal artery branch off into?

Answer 26

the caudal phrenic artery to the diaphragm and the cranial abdominal branch into the abdominal muscles

Question 27

What are the branches of the lumbar arteries?

Answer 27

the dorsal and spinal branch

Question 28

What do the lumbar arteries supply?

Answer 28

the roof of the abdominal cavity (sublumbar and epaxial muscles)

Question 29

What does the deep circumflex iliac artery supply?

Answer 29

the flank region and the cranial aspect of the thigh

Question 30

When does the aorta give off the external iliac and the internal iliac arteries?

Answer 30

after giving off the deep circumflex iliac artery at the level of the 7th lumbar vertebra

Question 31

What does the aorta continue as after giving off the internal and external iliac arteries?

Answer 31

mid/median sacral artery and then as the median caudal coccygeal artery

Question 32

What does the external iliac artery supply?

Answer 32

the pelvic limb

Question 33

What does the internal iliac artery supply?

Answer 33

the pelvic viscera, peritoneum, external genitalia, and the terminal part of the rectum

Question 34

What are the branches of the internal iliac artery?

Answer 34

cranial vesical artery, caudal gluteal artery, internal pudendal artery

Question 35

What does the cranial vesical artery supply?

Answer 35

the umbilical artery to the urinary bladder

Question 36

Where is the caudal gluteal artery given off at?

Answer 36

the greater ischiatic notch

Question 37

What does the caudal gluteal artery supply?

Answer 37

gluteal muscles, the proximal 1/3 of the hamstrings, dorsal wall, and the tail

Question 38

What does the caudal gluteal artery anastomose with?

Answer 38

the caudal femoral and deep femoral

Question 39

What are the branches of the caudal gluteal artery?

Answer 39

the lateral caudal artery and the cranial gluteal artery

Question 40

Where is the internal pudendal artery given off at?

Answer 40

the greater ischiatic notch

Question 41

What does the internal pudendal artery supply?

Answer 41

the pelvic viscera - rectum, ureter, urinary bladder, urethra, vagina, uterus and penis

Question 42

If a needle were inserted accidentally lateral to the caudal vertebrae what could happen to the internal pudendal artery?

Answer 42

puncture it