venous vasculature system

Question 1

what do capillaries come together to form?

Answer 1

small veins to form larger vessels until they become major central venous structures

Question 2

Where does the systemic circuit carry blood?

Answer 2

from the left side of the heart to the body and returns blood to the right side of the heart

Question 3

Where does the pulmonary circuit carry blood?

Answer 3

right side of the heart to the lungs and returns it to the left side of the heart

Question 4

where/why does the coronary circuit carry blood?

Answer 4

delivers oxygenated blood to the heart for its metabolic needs

Question 5

What type of blood do veins drain?

Answer 5

deoxygenated, carbon-dioxide rich blood

Question 6

what are the two largest veins of the body?

Answer 6

superior and inferior vena cava

Question 7

what does the superior vena cava drain?

Answer 7

structures superior to diaphragm

Question 8

what does the inferior vena cava drain?

Answer 8

drain structures inferior to the diaphragm

Question 9

What do the internal and external jugular veins primarily drain?

Answer 9

head and neck

Question 10

What does the external jugular vein drain?

Answer 10

face and scalp

Question 11

What does the internal jugular vein drain?

Answer 11

brain

Question 12

What is the smallest jugular vein?

Answer 12

external jugular vein

Question 13

What is the largest jugular vein?

Answer 13

internal jugular vein

Question 14

Where does the venous blood from the brain drain?

Answer 14

dural sinuses

Question 15

what is another name for the inferior dural sinus?

Answer 15

transverse sinus

Question 16

What does the inferior dural sinus (transverse sinus) drain into?

Answer 16

internal jugular vein

Question 17

what does the renal veins drain?

Answer 17

kidneys

Question 18

what does the splenic vein drain?

Answer 18

spleen

Question 19

what does the gastric vein drain?

Answer 19

drains the stomach

Question 20

What does the superior mesenteric vein drain?

Answer 20

small intestine and much of the large intestine

Question 21

What does the inferior mesenteric vein drain?

Answer 21

remainder of large intestine

Question 22

What does the renal vein empty into?

Answer 22

inferior vena cava

Question 23

what is the hepatic portal vein?

Answer 23

nutrient rich blood percolates through the liver where its processed and detoxified

Question 24

what must travel through the liver?

Answer 24

Everything we ingest before entering the systemic circulation

Question 25

Where does blood exit from after being filtered through the hepatic portal system?

Answer 25

Hepatic veins, which drains into the inferior vena cava

Question 26

what do the radial and ulnar veins drain?

Answer 26

deep structures of upper limb

Question 27

the radial and ulnar vein merge to form what vein?

Answer 27

brachial vein

Question 28

the brachial vein becomes what vein?

Answer 28

axillary vein

Question 29

Near the clavicle what does the axillary vein become?

Answer 29

subclavian vein

Question 30

what does the subclavian vein drain into?

Answer 30

brachiocephalic vein

Question 31

What does the brachiocephalic vein drain into?

Answer 31

superior vena cava

Question 32

What does the cephalic vein drain?

Answer 32

superficial structures of the upper limb on the lateral side

Question 33

what does the basilic vein drain?

Answer 33

Superficial structures of the upper limb on the medial side

Question 34

what is the median cubital vein?

Answer 34

connects basilic and cephalic veins

Question 35

What is a frequent site for drawing blood?

Answer 35

median cubital vein

Question 36

what forms the axillary vein?

Answer 36

brachial and basilic vein

Question 37

What forms the subclavian vein?

Answer 37

cephalic vein and axillary vein

Question 38

What do the anterior and posterior tibial veins drain?

Answer 38

deep structures to the lower limb

Question 39

what forms the popliteal vein?

Answer 39

anterior and posterior tibial veins

Question 40

what does the popliteal vein become?

Answer 40

femoral vein in the distal thigh

Question 41

What does the femoral vein become?

Answer 41

external iliac vein after it passes under the inguinal ligament

Question 42

What do the two common iliac veins merge to form?

Answer 42

inferior vena cava

Question 43

What is the largest superficial vein of the lower limb?

Answer 43

great saphenous vein

Question 44

What does the great saphenous vein drain?

Answer 44

medial leg and thigh

Question 45

Where does the great saphenous vein drain into?

Answer 45

femoral vein