Week 2- Gross Anatomy of the Central & Peripheral Venous System

Question 1

What are large muscular veins?

Answer 1

Gastrocnemius veins

Question 2

Does the Gastroc have an accompanied artery?

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

Where does the gastroc empty into?

Answer 3

The popliteal vein

Question 4

Where does the Popliteal vein lie?

Answer 4

in the popliteal fossa/ behind the knee

Question 5

Where does the Popliteal vein become the femoral vein?

Answer 5

in the Adductor/ Hunters Canal

Question 6

Where does the Femoral vein run along?

Answer 6

medial thigh

Question 7

How often is the Femoral Vein duplicated?

Answer 7

50% of the time

Question 8

What does the Common Fem confluence with?

Answer 8

Deep/ profunda Femoral Vein

Question 9

What does the confluence of the deep and femoral vein form?

Answer 9

Common Femoral Vein

Question 10

Where does the Deep femoral vein run along?

Answer 10

Very deep close to the femur

Question 11

Why is the deep femoral vein important?

Answer 11

to make collateral pathways

Question 12

Where does the common Fem lie?

Answer 12

In the groin

Question 13

What does the common fem become?

Answer 13

the EIV (external iliac vein)

Question 14

What does the EIC confluence with?

Answer 14

the IIV (internal iliac vein)

Question 15

What does the EIC and IIC confluence to become?

Answer 15

The common iliac vein

Question 16

What does the internal iliac veins drain blood from?

Answer 16

the pelvic region

Question 17

What does the Left and Right CIV confluence to become?

Answer 17

the IVC at the level of the 5th lumbar

Question 18

What passes beneath the RCIA

Answer 18

the LCIV

Question 19

What may account for increased LCIV DVT?

Answer 19

the LCIV passing beneath the RCIA, causing May-Thurner syndrome

Question 20

Where does the IVC continue to?

Answer 20

the Right atrium of the heart

Question 21

What are some anatomic variations of the deep veins?

Answer 21

1. Duplicated femoral vein
2. Duplicated popliteal vein
3. cranial course of one ATA (gives appearance duplicate pop in transverse.

Question 22

Rare Variations of the Deep Veins

Answer 22

1. Duplicate IVC
2. Retro aortic (behind the aorta) left renal vein
3. Duplicate common iliac vein
4. Only 1 deep vein in thigh (CFV, FV, & PFV) are combined

Question 23

Where is the great saphenous vein formed?

Answer 23

from the digital veins in the foot

Question 24

What is the longest vein in the body?

Answer 24

The great Saphenous, medially coursing dorsum of foot to the groin

Question 25

What is the Saphenofemoral junction?

Answer 25

the confluence of the great saphenous with the CFV.

Question 26

The small saphenous ascends what?

Answer 26

the back of the leg.

Question 27

What does the small saphenous vein confluence with?

Answer 27

the popliteal vein.

Question 28

What is the Vein of Giacomini?

Answer 28

Where the SSV joins the GSV via the posterior thigh circumflex.

Question 29

What are the Intersaphenous veins?

Answer 29

Veins that connect the GSV and SSV in the calf or thigh.

Question 30

What are perforating veins?

Answer 30

veins that form connections between superficial and deep veins, have accompanying perforating arteries.

Question 31

How big is a typical perforating vein?

Answer 31

<2mm

Question 32

How many valves does a perforating vein have?

Answer 32

1-3 valves each

Question 33

Each lower extremity can contain how many perforators?

Answer 33

80-140

Question 34

What is the most common perforators seen while scanning?

Answer 34

The posterior tibial perforators AKA crockett perforators

Question 35

What are Communicating veins?

Answer 35

Vessels that connect in the same system

Question 36

Venous sinuses can be found where?

Answer 36

in the spaces between dura mater and periosteum

Question 37

Where do the venous sinuses terminate?

Answer 37

in the internal jugular veins

Question 38

Where does the Radial vein travel?

Answer 38

on the lateral aspect of the hand.

Question 39

Are the radial veins paired?

Answer 39

Yes

Question 40

What does Venae comitantes mean?

Answer 40

corresponding veins

Question 41

What vein travels down the medial aspect of the arm?

Answer 41

The ulnar veins

Question 42

What is formed by the confluence of the radial and ulnar veins?

Answer 42

The brachial vein.

Question 43

Where is the brachial vein usually formed?

Answer 43

near the elbow of antecubital fossa

Question 44

What vein is formed near the axilla?

Answer 44

The Axillary vein

Question 45

The axillary vein is the confluence of what 2 veins?

Answer 45

the brachial and basilic

Question 46

The subclavian is formed by the confluence of what 2 veins?

Answer 46

the axillary and cephalic vein

Question 47

The subclavian vein usually near what?

Answer 47

The lateral border of the first rib.

Question 48

The Innominate vein is formed by the confluence of what 2 veins?

Answer 48

subclavian and internal jugular.

Question 49

Is the innominate vein bilateral?

Answer 49

Yes, both left and right sides have an innominate vein.

Question 50

What is formed by the confluence of the right and left innominate veins?

Answer 50

The SVC (superior vena ceva)

Question 51

Is the cephalic vein a deep or superficial vein?

Answer 51

superficial

Question 52

What superficial vein is located on the lateral aspect of the forearm and upper arm?

Answer 52

the Cephalic vein

Question 53

What vein does the cephalic vein confluence with?

Answer 53

the axillary vein

Question 54

Where does the basilic vein run?

Answer 54

medially up the arm.

Question 55

How is the basilic vein different?

Answer 55

It branches at the elbow and be very hard to follow the more distal you go.

Question 56

The portal system drains what?

Answer 56

It drains the digestive tract to the portal vein. 1. Pancreas 2. Spleen 3. gallbladder 4. mesentery

Question 57

Where is the blood cleaned?

Answer 57

in the liver sinusoids

Question 58

The portal vein provides how much blood to the liver?

Answer 58

80%

Question 58

The portal vein carries blood to what?

Answer 58

the liver sinusoids

Question 59

What does Hepatopetal mean

Answer 59

TOWARD the liver

Question 60

What carries blood from the liver to the IVC?

Answer 60

the hepatic veins

Question 61

What is the term for "away from the liver"?

Answer 61

Hepatofugal

Question 62

What drains the blood from the kidneys?

Answer 62

the Renal veins

Question 63

the renal veins carry blood directly to what?

Answer 63

to the IVC

Question 64

What are some different aspects of the LRV?

Answer 64

1. Anterior to the aorta 2. Longer than the right

Question 65

What is positioned anterior to corresponding arteries?

Answer 65

the LRV

Question 66

What is one main function of veins?/

Answer 66

To carry waste products of cellular activity

Question 67

What is Venomotor tone

Answer 67

muscle layer responding to the sympathetic nervous system telling it to contract.

Question 68

Why are some reasons vessels contract?

Answer 68

1. temperature 2. exercise 3. stress 4. trauma

Question 69

What are the 3 layers of the veins?

Answer 69

1. Inner layer ( tunica intima) 2. middle layer ( tunica media) 3. Outer layer (tunica adventita)

Question 70

What layer contains the vasa vasorum?

Answer 70

Tunica Adventitia

Question 71

What is the vasa vasorum?

Answer 71

blood vessels that feed the blood vessels.

Question 72

Where are bicuspid valves located?

Answer 72

the intimal layer of the vessel

Question 73

What is the main function of the bicuspid valve?

Answer 73

keep blood flowing in one direction, They snap shut during retrograde flow.