A&P Module 6 - Heart and Vessels Dissection Homework
Identify the highlighted vessel.
Left axillary artery
In a human, if the brachiocephalic trunk was narrowed with atherosclerosis, what additional pathways would be essential to maintain blood supply to the brain?
Left common carotid and left vertebral arteries
Identify the highlighted blood vessel.
Left subclavian vein
Identify the highlighted vessel.
Left vertebral artery
Which valve is highlighted?
aortic semilunar
Identify the valve at the base of the highlighted vessel.
aortic valve
Identify the highlighted vessel.
brachiocephalic artery
Identify the vessel listed below that is a paired vessel.
brachiocephalic vein
Two paired vessels supply blood to the brain: the internal carotid arteries and the vertebral arteries. From which vessels do these arteries originate?
common carotid and subclavian arteries
Identify the highlighted vessel.
descending aorta
Identify the highlighted vessel.
external iliac arteries
Into which vessel does the highlighted vessel empty?
external iliac vein
Identify the highlighted vessel.
femoral arteries
Which vessel is highlighted?
gonadal artery
Which vein is highlighted?
greater saphenous
Which vessel is highlighted?
hepatic portal
Is the blood entering the highlighted chamber highly oxygenated or poorly oxygenated?
highly oxygenated
Which vein is highlighted?
iliolumbar
Which vessel(s) is/are highlighted?
iliolumbar vessels
Which vein is highlighted?
inferior mesenteric
Identify the highlighted blood vessel.
inferior mesenteric artery
Identify the highlighted vessel
inferior mesenteric vein
Identify the highlighted vessel.
inferior mesenteric vein
Identify the highlighted vessel.
inferior vena cava
Which vessel(s) is/are highlighted?
intercostal arteries
Which veins merge to form the highlighted vessel?
internal and external iliac (common iliac)
Which artery is highlighted?
internal iliac
Identify the highlighted vessel.
internal mammary vein
Which of the four vessels that branch off the subclavian artery supplies blood to structures in the thorax only?
internal thoracic artery
Which vein is highlighted?
left axillary
Identify the highlighted blood vessel.
left brachial artery
Identify the vessel that branches off the brachiocephalic trunk in the cat and off the aortic arch in humans.
left common carotid artery
Which blood vessel is highlighted?
left gonadal vein
Which artery is highlighted?
left subclavian
The highlighted vessels carry blood with a __________ concentration of oxygen and a _____________ concentration of waste products.
low, low (renal)
Which artery is highlighted?
median sacral
Identify the highlighted vessel.
pulmonary trunk
Which branch off the highlighted vessel supplies blood to the brain?
right common carotid artery
Identify the highlighted structure.
right ventricle
Which organ does the highlighted vessel supply?
small intestine (superior mesenteric artery)
Which organ does the highlighted vessel supply?
spleen (splenic artery)
In humans, the highlighted vessel drains into the _________ vein.
splenic (inferior mesenteric)
Identify the vessel that receives blood from the upper limb.
subclavian vein
Which vessel is highlighted?
superior mesenteric vein
Identify the highlighted vessel.
superior vena cava
What organ does the highlighted vessel supply?
testes
Identify the highlighted vessel.
thyrocervical artery
What is the function of the highlighted structures?
to prevent the atrioventricular valves from everting into the atria (chordae tendinae)
Identify the highlighted vessel.
transverse jugular vein
Which artery is highlighted?
ulnar
What type of tissue predominates in the highlighted structure?
Cardiac muscle
Which artery is highlighted?
Celtic trunk
