Anatomy Week 8 - Blood supply

Question 1

What is the major artery of the head and neck and what does it branch into?

Answer 1

The major artery of head and neck is the Common carotid artery.
It branches into the Internal carotid artery and external carotid artery.

Question 2

What does the internal and external carotid artery supply blood to?

Answer 2

Internal carotid artery supplies blood to the brain, eyes and other structures in the skull.

External carotid artery supplies blood to the face, scalp, neck, muscles and other structures outside the skull.

Question 3

List the major arteries of the Thoracic region.

Answer 3

• Right subclavian artery
• Internal thoracic arteries
• Posterior intercostal artery
• Anterior intercostal artery

Question 4

List the major arteries of the abdominal area.

Answer 4

1. Inferior Phrenic arteries.
2. Celiac trunk (artery): Divides into three branches…
   - Left gastric artery
   - Splenic artery
   - Common hepatic artery
3. Superior Mesenteric
4. Inferior Mesenteric
5. Renal arteries
6. Lumbar arteries
7. Median sacral artery

Question 5

List the major arteries of the Lumbar region.

Answer 5

1. Lumbar arteries
2. Lumbar branches of the iliolumbar artery
3. Lumbar branches of the median sacral artery

Question 6

Characterise major systemic veins.

Answer 6

Deep veins run parallel to arteries while superficial veins have many anastomoses.

Question 7

Which 2 branches supply blood to the upper cervical regions?

Answer 7

1. Anterior spinal arteries
2. Posterior spinal arteries

Question 8

What artery supplies most of the lower levels of the spinal cord?

Answer 8

Radicular arteries.

Question 9

What is the largest artery in the in the body, leaves the heart, arch superiorly then descends?

Answer 9

The Aorta.

Question 10

What three branches that the aorta divides into?

Answer 10

1. Ascending Aorta
2. Aortic arch
3. Descending Aorta

Question 11

What artery of the abdominal area supplies blood to the diaphragm?

Answer 11

Inferior Phrenic artery.

Question 12

What artery of the abdominal area, that branches off the Celiac trunk, supplies blood to the stomach?

Answer 12

Left Gastric Artery

Question 13

What artery of the abdominal area, that branches off the Celiac trunk, supplies blood to the spleen, pancreas and part of the stomach.

Answer 13

Splenic artery

Question 14

What artery of the abdominal area, that branches off the Celiac trunk, supplies blood to the liver, gallbladder and part of the stomach.

Answer 14

Common Hepatic Artery.

Question 15

What artery of the abdominal area supplies blood to the small intestine, cecum, appendix and the ascending, transverse colon.

Answer 15

Superior Mesenteric.

Question 16

What artery of the abdominal area supplies blood to the large intestine.

Answer 16

Inferior Mesenteric.

Question 17

What artery of the abdominal area supplies blood to the kidenys.

Answer 17

Renal arteries.

Question 18

What artery of the abdominal area supplies blood to the lower back muscles and spinal cord.

Answer 18

Lumbar arteries.

Question 19

What artery of the abdominal area supplies blood to the sacrum and coccyx.

Answer 19

Median sacral artery.

Question 20

What artery of the Lumbar region supplies blood to the muscles and vertebrae of the lower back?

Answer 20

Lumbar arteries.

Question 21

What artery of the Lumbar region supply muscles and structures of the lower back and pelvis?

Answer 21

Lumbar branches of the iliolumbar artery.

Question 22

What artery of the Lumbar region supplies blood to the lower back and pelvic region?

Answer 22

Lumbar branches of the median sacral artery.