Head/Neck
What veins drain blood from the brain?
Internal jugular veins.
What vein brings blood from above the diaphragm back to the heart?
Superior vena cava.
What vein carries blood from the armpit?
Axillary vein.
What is the longest vein in the body?
Great saphenous vein.
What kind of vessels converge off of capillaries to become veins?
Venules.
What veins drain blood from the face and scalp?
External jugular veins.
What vein brings blood from below the diaphragm back to the heart?
Inferior vena cava.
What two veins converge to become the axillary vein?
Brachial and basilic veins.
What vein drains blood from the back of the knee?
Popliteal vein.
What do valves do?
Prevent backflow.
What veins do the external and internal jugular veins converge into?
Brachiocephalic veins.
What veins drain the liver?
Hepatic veins.
What two veins converge to become the subclavian vein?
Axillary and cephalic veins.
What two veins converge to become the IVC?
Left and right common iliac veins.
What are the three types of capillaries?
Continuous, fenestrated, and sinusoidal.
What veins drain the kidneys?
Renal veins.
What veins converge to become the common iliac veins?
Internal and external iliac veins.
What are the three layers (tunics) that make up the blood vessel walls?
Tunica intima, tunica media, and tunica externa.
What veins drain into the hepatic portal vein?
Splenic vein, gastric veins, and the superior and inferior mesenteric veins.
What is vasoconstriction and vasodilation? What tunic controls lumen diameter?
Vasoconstriction is decreased lumen diameter, vasodilation is increased lumen diameter. Tunica media.