Arteries of Head and Neck
The right common carotid artery is a branch of which blood vessel?
The radial artery terminates as what?
Deep palmar arch
The descending/abdominal aorta enters the abdomen by traversing what?
The internal iliac arteries bifurcate into which two arteries?
Superior and inferior gluteal arteries
Identify BRANCHES off of the sublclavian artery.
- vertebral arteries
- internal thoracic arteries
Identify a branch off of the axillary artery.
Identify the 3 branches of the celiac trunk.
- left gastric artery
- splenic artery
- common hepatic artery
The external iliac artery continues as the femoral artery after passing deep to which structure?
Inguinal ligament
The internal and external jugular veins drain into which vein?
Which cerebral arteries are a continuation of the internal carotid arteries and course along the lateral sulcus?
Middle cerebral arteries
At which anatomical landmark does axillary artery change its name to brachial artery?
Inferior border of teres major muscle
At which vertebral level does the descending aorta enter the abdomen and later terminate at?
- enters at T12
- terminates at L4
Anterior tibial artery is a branch of which artery and continues as which artery?
- Is a branch of popliteal artery
- Continues as dorsalis pedis artery
The confluence of sinuses is the junction point of which venous sinuses (3)?
- superior sagittal sinus
- straight sinus
- transverse sinuses
Vertebral arteries enter the cranial cavity through which structure and converge to form which artery as part of the Circle of Willis?
- enter through foramen magnum
- converge to form basilar artery
Posterior intercostal arteries are direct branches of which structure?
Descending aorta
Identify all branches of the descending aorta mentioned in lecture (5).
- celiac trunk
- superior mesenteric artery
- inferior mesenteric artery
- renal arteries
- gonadal arteries
Posterior tibial artery passes deep to which structure to divide into which two arteries?
- passes deep to flexor retinaculum
- divides into medial and lateral plantar arteries
The cephalic vein courses along which anatomical feature?
Delto-pectoral groove
The Circle of Willis gives off how many arteries total?
6 arteries
Axillary artery gives off a total of how many branches and which region do they supply?
- 6 total branches
- supply shoulder region
Through which structure do the renal arteries enter the kidneys?
The hilum of the kidneys
The fibular/peroneal artery is a branch of which artery and what does it supply?
- is a branch of posterior tibial artery
- supplies the ankle and heel
The basilic vein courses deep to join which vein in venae comitantes? Together these two veins form which vein?
- Basilic vein courses deep to join brachial veins in venae comitantes
- Together, they form axillary vein