Rat Dissection - arteries functions
right subclavian artery
What blood vessel branches from the much larger brachiocephalic artery and supplies blood to the right shoulder and arm?
renal artery
What blood vessel carries blood to the kidney?
brachiochephalic artery
What blood vessel is the first branch of the aortic arch and divides into to supply blood to head/neck and right shoulder/arm?
femoral artery
What blood vessel is the major artery supplying the leg?
left subclavian artery
What blood vessel supplies blood to the left arm?
right common carotid artery
What blood vessel supplies blood to the right side of head and neck?
external iliac artery
What blood vessel supplies lower limbs?
left common carotid artery
What blood vessel supplies the left side of head and neck?
common iliac artery
What blood vessels are the terminal branches of the abdominal aorta, which supply pelvic organs then branches to supply lower limbs?
pulmonary arteries
What blood vessels carry blood out of the right ventricle and into the lungs?
pulmonary veins
What blood vessels deliver oxygen rich blood from the lungs to the left atrium?
coronary arteries
What blood vessels supply blood to the heart muscle itself?
aorta
What major blood vessel carries blood from the heart to be distributed by branch arteries through the body?
