These are the only branches of the ascending aorta that serve the heart.
What are the right/left coronary arteries?
100
These are veins that drain the head and arms empty.
What is the superior vena cava?
100
Contains three blood vessels, one large umbilical vein and two smaller umbilical arteries.
What is the umbilical cord?
100
When pooling up blood in the feet and legs and inefficient venous return, resulting from inactivity or pressure from the veins. Veins become twisted and dilated.
What are varicose veins?
200
An aorta that springs upward from the left ventricle of the heart.
What is the ascending aorta?
200
These make up the first branch of the aortic arch, which is the brachiosephalic trunk.
What are the right common carotid and the right subclevian artery?
200
The veins that drain the lower body empty.
What is the inferior vena cava?
200
A short vessel that connects the aorta and the pulmonary trunk.
What is the ductus arteriosus?
200
Inflammation of a vein that results when a clot forms in a vessel of poor circulation.
What is thrombophlebitis?
300
Where the aorta passes through the diaphragm into the abdominalpelvic cavity?
What is the abdominal aorta?
300
It is the first branch of the abdomial aorta: three branches. (Left gastric, splenic, common hepatic arteries).
What is the celiac trunk?
300
These are deep veins draining the forearm that unite to form the deep brachial vein.
What are the radial and unlar veins?
300
A visible vein in the right atrium.
What is the fossa ovalis?
300
Clot detachment that eventually goes to the lungs.
What is the pulmonary embolism?
400
This is when the aorta arches to the left and plunges downward through the thorax.
What is the thoracic aorta?
400
There are ten pairs, they supply the muscles of the thorax wall. Also supply the lungs, esophagus and diaphragm.
What are the intercostal arteries?
400
This provides for superficial drainage of the lateral aspect of the arm and empties into the axillary vein.
What is the cephalic vein?
400
Blood flows superiorly towards the heart of the fetus, but most passes through the immature liver through this.
What is the ductus venousus?
400
Lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscles.
What is ischemia?
500
The portion of the main artery that bends between the ascending and descending aorta.
What is the aortic arch?
500
This supplies the small intestine and the first half of the large intestine or colon.
What is the superior mesentric artery?
500
These veins drain the leg and the posterior tibular vein becomes the popliteal vein at the knee.
What are the anterior/posterior tibial and fibular veins?
500
Blood enters through the right atrium that is sent directly to the left atrium through this flaplike opening in the interatrial septum.
What is the foreman ovale?
500
When the lungs become swollen with blood, pressure within them increases and fluid leaks to the lung tissue. (Pressurized veins).