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What artery is the main arterial supply of the upper extremity?
subclavian artery
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What is the lateral border of the subclavian artery?
lateral border of the first rib
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What artery extends from the lateral border of the first rib to the inferior border of the teres major?
axillary artery
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What arteries form an anastomosis around the surgical neck of the humerus?
humeral circumflex arteries
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What artery extends from the inferior border of the teres major to its bifurcation in the cubital fossa?
brachial artery
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What artery supplies the triceps brachii and other posterior structures of the brachium?
deep brachial artery
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What are the two main arteries of the forearm?
ulnar & radial artery
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What artery of the forearm is readily palpated for a pulse?
radial artery
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What are the two anastomoses that lie within the palm and supply the hand?
superficial palmar arch & deep palmar arch
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What are the two groups of veins in the upper extremity?
superficial & deep
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What superficial network of veins lies on the dorsum of the hand?
dorsal venous arch
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What superficial vein runs adjacent to the medial surface of the upper extremity?
basilic vein
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What superficial vein runs alongside the lateral aspect of the upper limb?
cephalic vein
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The cephalic vein drains into what vein?
axillary vein
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What vein joins the cephalic and basilic veins in the cubital fossa?
median cubital vein
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What network of deep veins drains the hand?
palmar venous arches
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What deep veins run parallel to the main arteries of the forearm?
radial & ulnar veins
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The deep veins of the forearm converge to form what vein?
brachial vein
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What deep vein is formed by the convergence of the brachial and basilic veins?
axillary vein
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What vein has the lateral border of the first rib as it's lateral border?
subclavian vein
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The convergence of the internal jugular vein and the subclavian vein forms what vein?
brachiocephalic vein
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The convergence of the brachiocephalic veins form what vein?
superior vena cava
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What blood vessel is the main arterial supply of the lower extremity?
external iliac artery
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What structure marks the superior border of the femoral artery?
inguinal ligament
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What are the borders of the femoral triangle?
inguinal ligament, sartorius & adductor longus
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What makes up the floor of the femoral triangle?
iliopsoas
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What artery supplies the hip joint and the posterior structures of the thigh?
deep femoral artery
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What is the inferior border of the femoral artery?
hiatus of the adductor magnus
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What major artery lies posterior to the knee?
popliteal artery
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The popliteal artery bifurcates into what two arteries?
anterior & posterior tibial arches
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What arter supplies the anterior compartment of the leg?
anterior tibial artery
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What artery supplies the posterior compartment of the lef?
posterior tibial artery
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What artery supplies the lateral compartment of the leg?
fibular artery
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Of the three arteries supplying the compartments of the leg, which can be palpated for a pulse?
Where can it be palpated?
- posterior tibial artery
- posterior to the medial malleolus
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What artery can be palapted on the dorsum of the foot just lateral to the first metatarsal?
dorsalis pedis artery (dorsal pedal artery)
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What superficial vein originates on the medial side of the ankle and extends from there along the medial surface of the lower extremity to the femoral triangle where it drains into the femoral vein?
great saphenous vein
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What superficial vein extends from the lateral ankle to the popliteal region where it drains into the popliteal vein?
small saphenous vein
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The anterior tibial vein and the posterior tibial vein converge to form what vein?
popliteal vein
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What is the proximal border of the popliteal vein?
hiatus of the adductor magnus
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What vein extends from the hiatus of the adductor magnus to the inguinal ligament?
femoral vein
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What vein extends from the inguinal ligament to the merger of this vein with the internal iliac vein?
external iliac vein
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What vein is formed by the convergence of the external and internal iliac veins?
common iliac vein
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The common iliac veins merge to form what vein?
inferior vena cava
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What blood vessel carries blood away from the right ventricle of the heart?
pulmonary trunk
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The pulmonary trunk bifurcates into what two blood vessels?
pulmonary arteries
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What blood vessels carry blood from the lungs to the heart?
pulmonary veins
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What structure carries blood from the placenta to the fetus?
umbilical vein
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What structure shunts blood away from the liver and toward the inferior vena cava of the fetus?
ductus venosus
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What structure allows blood to be shunted from the right atrium to the left atrium of the fetus?
foramen ovale
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What structure shunts blood from the pulmonary trunk to the aorta of the fetus?
ductus arteriosus
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What blood vessels carry blood from the fetus to the placenta?
umbilical arteries
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The umbilical vein of the fetus becomes what structure after birth?
round ligament of the liver
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The umbilical arteries of the fetus become what structures after birth?
medial umbilical ligaments
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The ductus arteriosus becomes what structure after birth?
ligamentum arteriosum
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The foramen ovale becomes what structure after birth?
fossa ovalis
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The circulatory system has two main components. What are they?
cardiovascular system & lymphatic system
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What are the closed-ended tubes which are found among blood capillary networks and which work to collect excess interstitial fluid?
lymphatic capillaries
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What structures of the lymphatic system resemble veins in that they have three tunics and valves?
lymphatic vessels
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What lymphatic organs are connected to lymph vessels and work to filter foreign or pathogenic material from lymph?
lymph nodes
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What structure collects lymph from the right upper extremity, the right side of the head and neck, and the right side of the thorax and returns it to the blood at the junction of the right internal jugular vein and the right subclavian vein?
right lymphatic duct
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What structure collects lymph from the left side of the head and neck, left upper extremity, left thorax, and all body regions inferior to the diaphragm?
thoracic duct
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What rounded, saclike structure lies at the base of the thoracic duct?
cisterna chyli
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What are large clusters of lymphatic cells and extracellular matrix that are not completely surrounded by a connective tissue capsule and form a ring of lymphatic tissue around the pharynx?
tonsils
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What lymphatic organ lies posterior to the manubrium and anterior to the aorta in the superior mediastinum?
thymus
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What are small, round or oval structures that are located along the pathways of lymph vessels?
lymph nodes
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What lymphatic organ is located in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen, inferior to the diaphragm and adjacent to ribs 9-11?
spleen
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