Midterm | L8: Circulatory System Radiologic Correlation Flashcards
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largest artery main artery that carries blood away from heart to the rest of the body.
Aorta
4 principal divisions of the aorta:
- Ascending Ao
- Ao arch
- Thoracic Ao
- Abdominal Ao (descending)
CIRCULATORY ROUTES
- Systemic circulation
- Pulmonary circulation
Moves blood between the heart and the rest of the body.
Systemic circulation
Moves blood between the heart and the alveoli.
Pulmonary circulation
What Common Carotid Artery supplies
Head and neck
What Subclavian Artery supplies
Upper limbs
What Mesenteric Artery supplies
Small and large intestine
What Renal Artery supplies
Kidneys
What Common Iliac Arteries supply *
EXTERNAL I.A: Lower limbs.
INTERNAL I.Α: Pelvic organs
Where SVC drains blood from
Head
Neck
Upper limbs
Thorax.
Where IVC drains blood from
Abdomen
Pelvis
Lower limbs
Where Jugular Vein drain blood from
Head
Neck
Where does Hepatic Portal Vein drains blood from? Where is it delivered?
Drains from:
Intestines
Spleen
GB
Pancreas
Delivers to: Liver
Where Hepatic Vein drains blood from
Liver
Where Iliac Vein drain blood from
Pelvis
External genitals
Lower limbs
The only artery that carries deoxygenated blood
PULMONARY ARTERY
The only vein that carries oxygenated blood
PULMONARY VEIN
Three major arteries branch from the superior aspect of the arch of the aorta:
- Brachiocephalic trunk
- Left common carotid
- Left subclavian
innominate artery
BRACHIOCEPHALIC ARTERY
1st and largest branch of the aortic arch
BRACHIOCEPHALIC ARTERY
BRACHIOCEPHALIC ARTERY bifurcates into the (1) and the (2)
- right common carotid
- right subclavian artery
Where INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN drain blood from
Head and neck area
Where AXILLARY VEIN drains blood from
Arm and axilla
