Anatomy- Angiology

Question 1

Where does the subclavian artery turn into the axillary artery?

Answer 1

at the lateral border of the first rib

Question 2

At what level of the spine does the vertebral artery enter the transverse foramen?

Answer 2

C6

Question 3

What are 2 sources of blood to the CNS?

Answer 3

The vertebral artery, the internal carotid

Question 4

What does the common carotid ascend the neck with?

Answer 4

internal jugular vein, vagus nerve

Question 5

What happens to the common carotid artery between the hyoid bone and the upper thyroid cartilage?

Answer 5

bifurcates into internal and external carotids

Question 6

What artery supplies all the visceral, musculoskeletal and dental structures of the head and neck (apart from brain and orbit)?

Answer 6

the external carotid artery

Question 7

What artery supplies the orbit? Where does it come from?

Answer 7

ophthalmic artery, a branch of the internal carotid

Question 8

What is the terminal branch of the external carotid artery?

Answer 8

the superficial temporal

Question 9

What is a major source of blood for deep skull cavity, part of the orbit, teeth, muscles of mastication and the dura mater?

Answer 9

Maxillary artery

Question 10

What supplies the anterior part of the brain?

Answer 10

the internal carotid

Question 11

What do the 2 vertebral arteries form?

Answer 11

The basilar artery

Question 12

What supplies the posterior part of the brain?

Answer 12

the basilar artery from the 2 vertebral arteries

Question 13

What are the main arteries and branches off of the circle of Willis?

Answer 13

Anterior communicating–> anterior cerebral–> middle cerebral branches off–> anterior choroidal branches off–> posterior communicating–> posterior cerebral

Question 14

From what artery does the superior cerebellar branch?

Answer 14

Basilar

Question 15

What branches off from the vertebral artery?

Answer 15

Posterior and anterior spinal arteries

Posterior inferior cerebellar

Question 16

What branches off from the basilar artery?

Answer 16

Superior cerebellar, anterior and middle inferior cerebellar, laraynthine, pontine

Question 17

What drains blood from the scalp and face?

Answer 17

External jugular

Question 18

What drains blood from the brain, superficial face and neck?

Answer 18

Internal Jugular

Question 19

Which jugular vein joins up with the subclavian vein?

Answer 19

External jugular

Question 20

What do internal jugular and subclavian become?

Answer 20

Brachiocephalic vein

Question 21

What travels superficial to the SCM?

Answer 21

External jugular

Question 22

What structures in the dura mater collect venous blood from the brain?

Answer 22

sinuses

Question 23

Where do the sinuses drain to?

Answer 23

The internal jugular vein

Question 24

What structure drains blood from the brain?

Answer 24

cavernous sinus

Question 25

What structure provides collateral blood flow through the head?

Answer 25

The pterygoid plexus

Question 26

What vein travels on the radial side of the arm?

Answer 26

the cephalic vein

Question 27

What vein travels on the ulnar side of the arm?

Answer 27

Basilic

Question 28

What vein crosses the cubital fossa?

Answer 28

the median cubital

Question 29

The basilic vein joins with what to form the inferior portion of the axillary vein?

Answer 29

the brachial vein

Question 30

What merges into the popliteal vein?

Answer 30

anterior and posterior tibial veins

Question 31

What veins drain into the popliteal vein?

Answer 31

anterior and posterior tibial veins, small saphenous vein

Question 32

What does the popliteal vein become?

Answer 32

femoral vein

Question 33

What drains into the femoral vein?

Answer 33

great saphenous vein

Question 34

What vein travel from medial foot along the medial calf

Answer 34

saphenous vein

Question 35

What vein begins from behind the medial malleolus and crosses the popliteal fossa?

Answer 35

small saphenous vein

Question 36

What forms the portal vein?

Answer 36

superior mesenteric vein, splenic vein

Question 37

How does blood drain from the liver?

Answer 37

via sinusoids into hepatic veins and into the inferior vena cava

Question 38

What drains the greater curvature of the stomach, the spleen and pancreas?

Answer 38

the splenic vein

Question 39

What drains the transverse and descending colon, sigmoid and rectum?

Answer 39

inferior mesenteric vein

Question 40

Where does the inferior mesenteric vein drain?

Answer 40

into the splenic vein

Question 41

What does the superior mesenteric vein drain?

Answer 41

small intestine, ascending colon

Question 42

What lymphatic vessel drains the lower extremities?

Answer 42

cisterna chyli

Question 43

What does the cistern chill flow into?

Answer 43

the thoracic duct

Question 44

Where does the lymph of the right upper extremity and right neck flow?

Answer 44

into the right lymphatic duct

Question 45

Where does the thoracic duct drain?

Answer 45

into the left subclavian vein

Question 46

What makes up the central lymphatic tissue?

Answer 46

bone marrow, thymus

Question 47

What makes up peripheral lymphoid tissue?

Answer 47

lymph nodes, peyers patches, appendix, tonsils, etc