Blood Vessels to Know BI 231 Alverno College 2010

Figures from The Sourcebook of Medical Illustration (The Parthenon Publishing Group, P. Cull, ed., 1989). Retrieved April 5, 2008 from Jensen, M., 2007. Webanatomy Image Bank at http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/webanatomy

Nerves Cervical Plexus Brachial Plexus Radial Nerve Ulnar Nerve Median Nerve (in forearm) Lumbar Plexus Femoral Nerve Sacral Plexus

Blood Vessels Brachiocephalic Artery &Veins Subclavian Arteries & Veins Brachial Arteries & Veins Radial Arteries & Veins Ulnar Arteries & Veins Iliac Arteries & Veins Femoral Arteries & Veins Popliteal Arteries & Veins Anterior Tibial Arteries & Veins Posterior Tibial Arteries & Veins Dorsalis pedis artery Find the underlined arteries on your lab partner: they are used to take pulses

Arms Aortic arch Brachiocephalic Artery & Veins Subclavian Arteries & Veins Brachial Arteries & Veins Radial Arteries & Veins Ulnar Arteries & Veins Legs Common Iliac Arteries & Veins Internal Iliac Arteries & Veins External Iliac Arteries & Veins Femoral Arteries & Veins Popliteal Arteries & Veins Anterior Tibial Arteries & Veins Posterior Tibial Arteries & Veins Greater Saphenous Veins Dorsalis pedis artery

Head and Neck Vessels Common Carotid Arteries Internal and External Carotids Temporal Arteries Vertebral Arteries Basilar Arteries Circle of Willis Communicating Branches Anterior Cerebral Arteries Middle Cerebral Arteries Posterior Cerebral Arteries Anterior and Posterior Communicating Branches Arachnoid Villi Internal Jugular Veins External Jugular Veins Vertebral Veins Brachiocephalic Veins Superior Vena Cava

Hepatic Portal System Gastric Vein Splenic Vein Pancreatic Vein Superior Mesenteric Vein Inferior Mesenteric Vein Hepatic Portal Vein

Abdominal Arteries and veins Descending aorta Thoracic aorta Abdominal aorta Celiac trunk (or artery) Gastric artery Superior mesenteric artery Inferior mesenteric artery Renal artery Renal vein

Arteries

Veins

EXPLAIN THE ANSWERS TO YOUR LAB INSTRUCTOR OR TURN THEM IN:

List the blood vessels and heart chambers and valves through which each of the following will pass, in order:

1. an ingested drug reaches the right foot
2. an ingested drug reaches the right hand
3. a drug injected into the arm reaches the brain
4. a drug injected into the gluteus reaches the other foot
5. the venom from a bee sting on the foot reaches the liver

You can review this material with the board game 'Circulation'. Ask your lab instructor where it is stored.

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