Exam 3 Arteries Flashcards
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The superior epigastric artery is a branch of what artery?
From the internal thoracic artery
What is the blood supply to the anterior abdominal wall
1) superior epigastric artery
2) inferior epigastric artery
3) lumbar arteries
4) deep circumflex iliac artery
The inferior epigastric artery is a branch of what artery?
From the external iliac artery
The lumbar arteries are branches from where?
The abdominal aorta
The deep circumflex iliac artery is a branch from where?
The external iliac artery
Where is the testicular artery located within?
The spermatic cord
What is the name of the extensive network of veins, which makes up the bulk of the spermatic cord?
Pampiniform plexus of veins
The pampiniform plexus of veins join together at the deep inguinal ring to become the?
Testicular vein
Where does left testicular vein drain?
Left renal vein
Where does the right testicular vein drain?
Inferior vena cava
The artery to the ductus deferens is a branch from where?
It’s a branch from the superior vesical artery
Where does the cremasteric artery branch from?
It branches from the inferior epigastric artery
What supplies the foregut?
Branches of the celiac trunk
What supplies the midgut?
Branches of the superior mesenteric artery
What supplies the hindgut?
Branches of the inferior mesenteric artery
What is the general blood supply to the stomach?
Branches of the celiac trunk (short gastric)
What are the branches of the celiac trunk?
1) Left gastric artery
2) splenic artery
3) common hepatic artery
The esophageal and gastric branches come from what artery?
The left gastric artery
Abdominal aorta—> celiac trunk—> left gastric
What artery runs along the lesser curvature within the lesser omentum?
Left gastric artery
Supplies stomach and esophagus
What artery runs posterior to the stomach, along the superior border of the pancreas?
Splenic artery
Largest branch of celiac trunk
What are the branches of the celiac trunk?
1) Pancreatic branches
2) short gastric arteries
3) left gastro-omental
What artery/arteries give off multiple branches to the pancreas?
Pancreatic branches (Abdominal aorta---> celiac trunk---> splenic artery---> pancreatic branches)
What artery/arteries supply the fundus of the stomach?
Short gastric arteries
Abdominal aorta—> celiac trunk—> splenic artery—> short gastric arteries
What artery runs to the right along the greater curvature of these stomach within the greater omentum?
Left gastro-omental
Abdominal aorta—> celiac trunk—> splenic artery—> left gastro-omental)