hind limb blood supply

Question 1

__________ is a continuation of the deep femoral after the pudendoepigastric trunk. what does this vessle supply?

Answer 1

Medial cercumfelx femoral artery - passes through the vascular lacuna to supply the adductor m. and eventually will anastamose with the Lateral circumflex femoral a.

Question 2

what are the 2 branches given off the pudendo epigastric trunk and what do they supply?

Answer 2

the caudal epigasteric a - the caudal abd wall and the caudal rectus abdominus.

the external pudendal - passes through the inguinal canal to supply the grcilus and the external repro organs

Question 3

the first crainial branch off of the femoral a. is _____________ and supplies what?

Answer 3

superficial circumflex illiac a and it supplies the sartorius; tensor fascia latae and rectus femorus

• this artery will eventually anastamos with the deep curcumflex illiac a by the illiac crest

Question 4

_______ is the first caudolateral branch off the femoral a and is supplies what?

Answer 4

lateral circumflex femoral a. - supplies the quads mm; tensor fascia latae m; superficial and middle gluteals mm and the hip joint capsule

Question 5

what does the proximal caudal femoral a supply and who is its parent artery?

Answer 5

the proximal caudal femoral a is a branch of the femoral a and supplies the pectinious m; adductor m and gracilus m.

Question 6

who is the parent a to the saphenous a and what does it supply?

Answer 6

the saphenous a is a superficial branch of the femoral a that supplies the skin medial side of the stifle.

Question 7

the saphenous a gives off a cranial and a caudal branch. what are they and what do they supply?

Answer 7

crainial branch supplies the dorsal crural mm; dorsal paw via the dorsal common digital aa.

caudal branch supplies caudal crus and hock; plantar paw via plantar common digital aa; deep plantar arch.

Question 8

what does the decending genicular a supply and who is its parent artery?

Answer 8

the decending genicular a is a branch of the femoral a and supplies the medial surface of the stifle

Question 9

___________ is a branch of the femoral a that supplies the bicept femorus; semimembranosis; semitendonosis; gastrocnemius and digital flexors.

Answer 9

Distal caudal femoral a is a branch of the femoral a that supplies the bicept femorus; semimembranosis; semitendonosis; gastrocnemius and digital flexors.

Question 10

_____________ is a branch of the femoral a that supplies the distal adductor and semimembranosus m.

Answer 10

middle caudal femoral a

Question 11

the poplitial a is a continuation of what artey and supplies what and terminates as what?

Answer 11

the poplitial a is a continuation of the femoral a and supplies the stifle and gastrocnemous m.

then terminates as the crainial and caudal tibial aa.

Question 12

what is the parent artery of the crainial and caudal tibial aa and what do they supply?

Answer 12

cranial tibial a. supplies the peroneus longus m; long digital extenser m. and the crainial tibial m - can be found with the deep peronial n.

caudal tibial a. not signifigant in the dog but in the horse will participate in the supply of colateral circulation of the digits.

Question 13

what is the parent artery to the dorsal pedal a and what after it passes through does it supply?

Answer 13

the dorsal pedal a is the continuation of the crainial tibial a after passing through the extenser retnaculum and supplies the tarsus