Canine Abdomen and Pelvis Blood Vessels

Question 1

What are the parietal branches of the abdominal descending aorta?

Answer 1

• lumbar arteries
• phrenicoabdominal arteries
• deep circumflex iliac arteries

Question 2

What are the visceral branches of the abdominal descending aorta?

Answer 2

• celiac artery
• cranial mesenteric artery
• renal arteries
• testicular and ovarian arteries
• caudal mesenteric artery

Question 3

What are the terminal branches of the abdominal descending aorta?

Answer 3

• external iliac arteries
• internal iliac arteries
• median sacral artery

Question 4

How many lumbar arteries are there?

Answer 4

7

Question 5

What are the branches of the internal iliac artery?

Answer 5

• internal pudendal artery
• umbilical artery
• caudal gluteal artery

Question 6

What branches off the internal pudendal artery?

Answer 6

vaginal artery

Question 7

What branches off the vaginal artery?

Answer 7

uterine artery (females)
prostatic artery (males)

Question 8

The celiac artery branches off into what?

Answer 8

• splenic artery
• left gastric artery
• hepatic artery

Question 9

The celiac artery branches off to supply what structures?

Answer 9

• liver
• stomach
• spleen

Question 10

The splenic artery branches off into what?

Answer 10

• left gastromental artery
• short gastric arteries
• pancreatic branches

Question 11

The pancreatic branches of the splenic artery supply what?

Answer 11

to the left lobe of the pancreas

Question 12

The short gastric arteries supply what?

Answer 12

to the fundus of the stomach

Question 13

The left gastromental artery supplies what?

Answer 13

to the left side of the great gastric curvature and great omentum

Question 14

How should you ligate the splenic artery during a splenectomy?

Answer 14

as close to the organ as you can to avoid losing branches of the splenic artery

Question 15

The visceral branches of the abdominal descending aorta supply what?

Answer 15

• digestive tract
• liver
• pancreas
• spleen

Question 16

The left gastric artery has what branches?

Answer 16

esophageal branches

Question 17

The esophageal branches of the left gastric artery supply what?

Answer 17

to the caudal most part of the esophagus

Question 18

The left gastric artery supplies what?

Answer 18

the left side of the greater curvature

Question 19

The hepatic artery has what branches?

Answer 19

• hepatic branches (cystic artery)
• right gastric artery
• gastroduodenal artery

Question 20

The gastroduodenal artery splits into what?

Answer 20

• right gastromental artery
• cranial pancreaticoduodenal artery

Question 21

The hepatic branches of the hepatic artery supply what?

Answer 21

to liver

Question 22

The right gastric artery supplies what?

Answer 22

to the right side of the lesser curvature of the stomach and lesser omentum

Question 23

The right gastromental artery supplies what?

Answer 23

to right side of the greater curvature of the stomach and greater omentum

Question 24

The cranial pancreaticoduodenal artery supplies what?

Answer 24

to duodenum and right lobe of pancreas

Question 25

The celiac artery and its branches supply what structures?

Answer 25

- spleen - pancreas - stomach - esophagus - liver - gall bladder - duodenum - lesser omentum - greater omentum

Question 26

The cranial mesenteric artery has what branches?

Answer 26

- ileocolic artery - caudal pancreaticoduodenal artery - jejunal arteries - ileal arteries

Question 27

The ileocolic artery has what branches?

Answer 27

- colic branch - right colic artery - middle colic artery - cecal artery - ileal branches (mesenteric)

Question 28

What vessel comes from the cecal artery?

Answer 28

anti-mesenteric ileal branch

Question 29

The colic branch of the ileocolic artery supplies what?

Answer 29

to initial part of ascending colon

Question 30

The right colic artery supplies what?

Answer 30

to distal ascending colon, right colic flexure, initial transverse colon

Question 31

The middle colic artery supplies what?

Answer 31

to distal transverse colon, left colic flexure, initial descending colon

Question 32

The cecal artery supplies what?

Answer 32

cecum

Question 33

The anti mesenteric ileal branch of the cecal artery supplies what?

Answer 33

to ileum

Question 34

The caudal pancreaticoduodenal artery supplies what?

Answer 34

to distal descending duodenum and adjacent right lobe of the pancreas

Question 35

The jejunal arteries supply what?

Answer 35

jejunum

Question 36

How many jejunal arteries are there?

Answer 36

+/- 14

Question 37

The ileal arteries supply what?

Answer 37

ileum

Question 38

The cranial mesenteric artery and its branches supply what?

Answer 38

- caudal part of duodenum - right lobe of pancreas - jejunum - ileum - cecum - ascending colon - transverse colon - initial part of descending colon

Question 39

The caudal mesenteric artery has what branches?

Answer 39

- left colic artery - cranial rectal artery

Question 40

The left colic artery supplies what?

Answer 40

to descending colon

Question 41

The cranial rectal artery supplies what?

Answer 41

to cranial part of the rectum

Question 42

What vessels are responsible for abdomino-pelvic drainage?

Answer 42

- caudal vena cava - portal vein

Question 43

What veins drain into the caudal vena cava?

Answer 43

- common iliac veins (internal and external iliac veins) - deep circumflex iliac veins - lumbar veins (dorsally) - ovarian or testicular veins (gonadal veins) - renal veins - phrenicoabdominal veins - hepatic veins

Question 44

The portal vein drains what organs?

Answer 44

- spleen - pancreas - stomach - small intestine - large intestine

Question 45

How are organs drained via the portal vein?

Answer 45

blood from organs enters the liver via portal vein and then using the heptic veins it connects to the caudal vena cava

Question 46

What veins drain into the portal vein?

Answer 46

- gastroduodenal vein - splenic vein - cranial mesenteric vein - caudal mesenteric vein

Question 47

What vein drains the right lobe of pancreas, duodenum, right side of stomach, and right side of greater omentum?

Answer 47

gastroduodenal vein

Question 48

What vein drains the spleen, left side of stomach, left lobe of pancreas, and left side of greater omentum?

Answer 48

splenic vein

Question 49

What vein drains the ileum, jejunum, right lobe of pancreas, and caudal portion of duodenum?

Answer 49

cranial mesenteric vein

Question 50

What vein drains the cecum and colon?

Answer 50

caudal mesenteric vein

Question 51

Blood flow to the liver occurs on what surface of the liver?

Answer 51

Visceral surface

Question 52

Blood flow to the liver is by what vessels?

Answer 52

- hepatic artery (blood supply for organ) - portal vein (processing from other organs)

Question 53

Blood flow away from the liver occurs on what surface of the liver?

Answer 53

parietal surface

Question 54

Blood flow away from the liver is by what vessels?

Answer 54

hepatic veins (processed blood returns to blood flow)