What is the tunica intima made of - Correct Answer-
endothelial cells (inner layer)
What is the tunica media made of - Correct Answer-muscle,
thicker and more organized layer in arteries (middle layer)
What is the tunica adventitia made of - Correct Answer-
epithelial cells (outer layer)
Where does the aorta arise from - Correct Answer-Left
ventricle
Where is the aorta located - Correct Answer-Anterior and to
the left of the spine and left of the IVC (most posterior
abdominal vessel)
,Name the paired branches of aorta - Correct Answer-
Suprarenal arteries, renal arteries, gonadal arteries, lumbar
arteries, and common iliac arteries
Name the unpaired branches of the aorta - Correct Answer-
celiac axis (common hepatic artery, splenic artery, and left
gastric artery), SMA, IMA, median sacral artery
Name the anterior branches of the aorta - Correct Answer-
celiac axis, SMA, IMA, gonadal arteries, and median sacral
artery
Name the lateral branches of aorta - Correct Answer-
suprarenal arteries, renal arteries, and common iliac arteries
Where do the common iliac arteries bifurcate - Correct
Answer-L3-4
Average normal proximal measurement of aorta - Correct
Answer-2.0 - 2.6 cm
,Average normal mid measurement of aorta - Correct Answer-
1.6 - 2.4 cm
Average normal distal measurement of aorta - Correct
Answer-1.1 - 2.0 cm
Normal measurement of iliac arteries - Correct Answer-0.6 -
1.4 cm
What is the most common type of AAA - Correct Answer-
fusiform
What is the most common location of AAA - Correct Answer-
infrarenal
Where does aortic dissection most commonly occur - Correct
Answer-ascending aorta and arch
What is the most common cause of aortic stenosis - Correct
Answer-atherosclerosis
, Where does retroperitoneal fibrosis most commonly occur at -
Correct Answer-aortic bifurcation and below
What is the most common location of splanchnic artery
aneurysm - Correct Answer-splenic artery
Where does the IVC and SVC empty - Correct Answer-right
atrium
What are the tributaries of the IVC - Correct Answer-CIV,
lumbar veins, gonadal veins, renal veins, suprarenal veins,
hepatic veins
What is the most common variation of IVC anatomy - Correct
Answer-duplicated IVC
What is a transposed IVC - Correct Answer-IVC on left side of
abdomen and crosses anterior to aorta
What is an interrupted IVC - Correct Answer-congenital
anomaly where IVC doesn't extend the entire way to the right
atrium
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