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thorax vasculature
A-- Intercostal arteries and veins
Question | Answer |
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If tracing the superior or supreme intercostal artery, the order would include subclavian artery, ________________________, and then superior intercostal artery. | costocervical trunk |
The 3rd to 11th posterior intercostal arteries are branches of? | Descending thoracic aorta |
The dorsal branch that arises from the posterior intercostal artery accompanies what structure? | dorsal ramus of corresponding spinal nerve |
These arteries supply branches of muscles and skin of thorax, parietal plerua and breast? | posterior intercostal arteries |
The anterior intercostal arteries of the upper 6 intercostal spaces get there blood supply from branches of what artery ? | internal thoracic artery |
The anterior intercostal arteries of the lower 5 intercostal spaces get there blood supply from the branches of what artery? | musculophrenic artery |
This artery branches from the first part of the subclavian artery in the root of the neck. | Internal thoracic artery |
The internal thoracic artery descends parallel to what structure? | sternum |
The internal thoracic artery is anatomically related how to the parietal pleura? (anterior, posterior, lateral, medial, etc) | anterior |
At what level of intercostal space does the internal thoracic artery end? | 6th |
The internal thoracic artery, at it's termination, divides into what two arteries? | superior epigastric and musculophrenic |
The internal thoracic artery has one branch known as the pericardiacophrenic. What does this artery supply with blood and what structure accompanies it? | pericardium, phrenic nerve |
What structures are pierced by the perforating branches of the internal thoracic artery? | intercostal and pertoralis muscles (close to sternum become superficial) |
What artery supplies blood to the central part of anterior abdominal wall above umbilicus? | superior epigastric artery |
This artery follows attachement of diaphragm along costal margin, supplies diaphragm, and gives off anterior intercostal arteries for lower 5 intercostal spaces. | musculophrenic artey |
Posterior intercostal veins mainly drain into this on the right and what on the left? | azygos, accessory hemiazygos |
Internal thoracic or musculophrenic veins receive blood drained from what intercostal veins? | anterior intercostal veins |
The internal thoracic veins drain into __________________, corresponding to the same side. | brachiocephalic vein |