Head/Neck
What major arteries supplies blood to the head?
What artery is the first to come off of the heart?
Aorta.
What artery is used to take a pulse from the wrist?
Radial artery.
What artery supplies blood to the top of the foot?
Dorsalis pedis artery.
What branches off of arteries before becoming capillaries?
Arterioles.
What arteries do the common carotid arteries branch off into?
External and internal carotid arteries.
What is the aorta called when in the abdominal cavity?
Abdominal aorta or descending aorta.
What artery supplies blood to the armpit?
Axillary artery.
What artery supplies blood to the shin?
Anterior tibial artery.
What is considered normal blood pressure?
115/75
What arteries supply blood to the small and large intestines?
Superior and inferior mesenteric arteries.
What arteries supply blood to the pelvic region?
Common iliac, external iliac, and internal iliac.
What is hypertension?
Sustained bp over 140/90.
What are the three arteries that branch off the aorta?
Brachiocephalic, left common carotid, and left subclavian.
What are baroreceptors?
What arteries branch off of the celiac trunk?
Common hepatic, splenic, and left gastric.
What are the three types of circulatory shock?
Hypovolemic shock, vascular shock, and cardiogenic shock.