Transport gases, nutrients & other essential What do arteries do?
substances
True True or false arteries progressively decrease in size from the aorta to the arterioles?
Resistance vessels and they assist with What are arterioles considered and what is their function?
regulating blood flow through contraction
and relaxation
To exchange nutrients & waste products What is the function of capillaries ?
between the tissues and blood
From the capillary bed and they regulate Where do venues collect blood from and what is their function?
blood flow through contraction &
relaxation ( like arterioles)
From the venues and they return blood to Where do veins collect blood from and what is their function ?
the heart
What is the order blood travels through in circulation?
C. Heart- Arteries- Capillaries - Venules - A. Heart- Arteries- Venules- Capillaries-Veins-Heart
Veins -Heart B. Heart - Arteries- Veins- Capillaries- venules - Heart
C. Heart- Arteries- Capillaries- Venules- Veins - Heart
True True or false veins get progressively larger from Venules to the heart?
Tunica Adventitia/ externa, Tunica Media , What are the three layers of vessel walls in order outer to inner?
Tunica Intima
Tunica intima ( subendothelial space) What vessel layer is the site of proliferative activity ( where atherosclerosis occurs)?
Tunica media Which vessel layer is thickest?
Which vessel layer contains Vasa Vasorum ( network of small vessels that supply
Tunica Adventitia/ externa
oxygen & nutrients to the cell walls of larger vessels)?
Which vessel layer contains nerve fibers, lymphatics, fibrous connective tissue, and
tunica adventitia
some muscle fibers?
What vessel layer consists of smooth endothelial cells, & is supported by an internal
Tunica intima
elastic lamina?
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, What part of the aorta goes from the aortic valve to the 1st branch?
A. Aortic Arch
C. Ascending Aorta B. Descending Aorta
C. Ascending Aorta
D. None of the above
Aortic Arch Which part of the Aorta has 3 main branches that come off it?
Descending Aorta Which part of the aorta goes from the arch to the diaphragm?
Brachiocephalic, Left CCA, Left Subclavian What are the 3 main branches off the Aortic Arch in order?
Artery
The Right Subclavian Artery & Right CCA What does the Brachiocephalic branch split into?
True True or false the Brachiocephalic is the largest branch of the Aortic Arch?
Coronary Arteries What are the first branches off the aorta ( not main branches)?
Innominate What is another name for the Brachiocephalic?
It begins as the Descending Aorta passes Where does the Abdominal Aorta begin & end/ terminate?
the diaphragm and terminates at the Aortic
Bifurcation
The Axillary at the border of the 1st rib What artery does the Subclavian Artery terminate into and where does this happen?
The Brachial Artery at the Axillary ( armpit) What artery does the Axillary Artery terminate into and where does this happen?
Terminates into then Radial & Ulnar Arteries What/ Where does the Brachial Artery terminate and what side of the arm does it
at the elbow and it runs through the medial travel?
upper arm
True or false the Brachial ( Radial & Ulnar)are the main blood supply to the arm,
True
forearm and hand
The lateral ( thumbs up for being rad) Which side of the forearm does the Radial Artery travel?
The Deep palmar arch ( Radiate deep) What does the Radial Artery terminate into?
The medial side and into the superficial What side of the arm does the Ulnar Artery travel and what does it terminate into?
palmar arch
The deep courses along the palm of the Where do the deep and superficial palmar arches course?
hand
The superficial courses along the back of
the hand
The Left Gastric Artery, Common Hepatic What does the celiac artery on the abdominal aorta divide into?
Artery & Splenic Artery
Stomach What does the Celiac Artery supply (what organs)?
Duodenum
Pancreas
Liver
Spleen
The SMA ( Superior Mesenteric Artery) What Artery is located 1cm down from then Celiac Trunk/ Artery?
Small intestines What organs does the SMA supply?
Cecum
Part of the Colon
Renal Arteries What two Arteries originate just below the SMA on the Abdominal Aorta?
The right side , it passes under the IVC Which Renal Artery is longer?
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