Ultrasound Vascular Registry Review
What is the first branch of the aortic arch? - correct answer Innominate artery/
Brachiocephalic
Name the three branches of the aortic arch? - correct answer a’ Innominate
artery/ Brachiocephalic
b’ Lt CCA
c’ Lt Subclavian artery
The radial artery runs on what side of the forearm? - correct answer Lateral side
The radial artery branches to form what part of the palmar arch? - correct answer
Superficial palmar arch
Where does the radial artery terminate? (Just remember that the ulnar branch and
termination is opposite of the radial artery) - correct answer Terminates in the
deep palmar arch
What vessel is the predominate source of blood flow to the hand come from? -
correct answer Ulnar artery
The Deep Palmar arch is a branch of the? - correct answer Ulnar artery
What are the three branches of the celiac trunk? - correct answer a’ Left Gastric
artery
b’ Splenic artery
c’ Common Hepatic artery
,What organs does the celiac trunk supply? - correct answer Stomach, Liver,
Pancreas, Spleen, & Duodenum
The SMA is located 1cm below the celiac trunk and supplies what? - correct
answer Small Intestines, cecum, and parts of colon,
Is it an uncommon finding to see multiple renal arteries bilaterally? - correct
answer No it is not uncommon at all’
What vessel runs anterior to the aorta? - correct answer Left Renal vein
What arises from the abdominal aorta about 3-4 cm above the bifurcation, that
can act as a collateral connection? - correct answer IMA (Inferior Mesenteric
Artery)
What are the most distal branches of the aorta that supply blood to the pelvis,
abdominal wall, and lower limbs? - correct answer Common Iliac Arteries (CIA)
What vessel is also referred to as the Hypogastric artery? - correct answer
Internal Iliac Artery
What vessel runs along the medial side of the psoas mucsle and underneath the
inguinal ligament? - correct answer External Iliac artery
What vessel becomes the CFA in the groin region? - correct answer External Iliac
Artery
The SFA passes through an opening in what tendon to enter the popliteal fossa? -
correct answer Adductor Hiatus (Adductor Canal or Hunter's Canal)
,What is another name for the deep femoral artery? - correct answer Profunda
Femoris
What is the region called where the SFA terminates and the popliteal artery
begins? - correct answer Adductor Hiatus
What 3 branches is sometimes known as the trifurcation? - correct answer APA,
PTA, Peroneal Artery
Whats the first branch off distal popliteal artery? - correct answer ATA - Anterior
Tibia Artery
What vessel does the ATA become once it crosses the dorsum of the foot? -
correct answer DPA - Dorsalis Pedis Artery
Wha is a major branch of the DPA (dorsalis pedis artery)? - correct answer Deep
Plantar Artery- penetrates the sole of foot, it unites with lateral plantar artery to
complete plantar arc’
How does the PTA run down the leg? - correct answer Posterior and Medial side
of leg
What is the Tibioperoneal Trunk? - correct answer Short segment between ATA
branch and branches of PTA and peroneal arteries’
The plantar arch in foot consists of what branch from DPA? - correct answer
Deep plantar artery
The plantar arch in foot consists of what branch from the PTA? - correct answer
Lateral plantar artery, which unites with the deep plantar artery
, Arteries progressively decrease in size from the largest being __ and the smallest
being ___? - correct answer A’ Largest = Aorta
B’ Smallest = Arterioles
Arterioles are considered what type of vessels and assist in regulating what? -
correct answer a’ Arterioles are considered resistance vessels
b’ They assist in regulating blood flow through contraction and relaxation’
Where does the exchange of nutrients and waste products between blood and
tissue take place? - correct answer Capillaries
What is the inner thin layer of the arterial wall called? - correct answer Tunica
intima, which consists of smooth endothelium and connective tissue
What layer of the arterial wall is thickest and made up largely of elastic type of
smooth mucsle and connective tissue? - correct answer Tunica media /
intermediate layer
Which layer of the arterial wall is made up of fibrous connective tissue? - correct
answer Tunica externa / outer layer (adventitia)
What layer of the arterial wall contains the vasa vasorum? What is the vasa
vasorum? - correct answer The vasa vasorum tiny vessels found in the adventitial
layer of the arterial wall, that carry blood to the walls of the largest arteries’
Proximal to aortic arch, what are the first branches of the ascending aorta? -
correct answer Coronary Arteries
What events lead up to the beginning of cardiac contractions? - correct answer 1’
Pressure in left ventricle begins to rise
2’ Left ventricle pressure exceeds that in the aorta
What is the first branch of the aortic arch? - correct answer Innominate artery/
Brachiocephalic
Name the three branches of the aortic arch? - correct answer a’ Innominate
artery/ Brachiocephalic
b’ Lt CCA
c’ Lt Subclavian artery
The radial artery runs on what side of the forearm? - correct answer Lateral side
The radial artery branches to form what part of the palmar arch? - correct answer
Superficial palmar arch
Where does the radial artery terminate? (Just remember that the ulnar branch and
termination is opposite of the radial artery) - correct answer Terminates in the
deep palmar arch
What vessel is the predominate source of blood flow to the hand come from? -
correct answer Ulnar artery
The Deep Palmar arch is a branch of the? - correct answer Ulnar artery
What are the three branches of the celiac trunk? - correct answer a’ Left Gastric
artery
b’ Splenic artery
c’ Common Hepatic artery
,What organs does the celiac trunk supply? - correct answer Stomach, Liver,
Pancreas, Spleen, & Duodenum
The SMA is located 1cm below the celiac trunk and supplies what? - correct
answer Small Intestines, cecum, and parts of colon,
Is it an uncommon finding to see multiple renal arteries bilaterally? - correct
answer No it is not uncommon at all’
What vessel runs anterior to the aorta? - correct answer Left Renal vein
What arises from the abdominal aorta about 3-4 cm above the bifurcation, that
can act as a collateral connection? - correct answer IMA (Inferior Mesenteric
Artery)
What are the most distal branches of the aorta that supply blood to the pelvis,
abdominal wall, and lower limbs? - correct answer Common Iliac Arteries (CIA)
What vessel is also referred to as the Hypogastric artery? - correct answer
Internal Iliac Artery
What vessel runs along the medial side of the psoas mucsle and underneath the
inguinal ligament? - correct answer External Iliac artery
What vessel becomes the CFA in the groin region? - correct answer External Iliac
Artery
The SFA passes through an opening in what tendon to enter the popliteal fossa? -
correct answer Adductor Hiatus (Adductor Canal or Hunter's Canal)
,What is another name for the deep femoral artery? - correct answer Profunda
Femoris
What is the region called where the SFA terminates and the popliteal artery
begins? - correct answer Adductor Hiatus
What 3 branches is sometimes known as the trifurcation? - correct answer APA,
PTA, Peroneal Artery
Whats the first branch off distal popliteal artery? - correct answer ATA - Anterior
Tibia Artery
What vessel does the ATA become once it crosses the dorsum of the foot? -
correct answer DPA - Dorsalis Pedis Artery
Wha is a major branch of the DPA (dorsalis pedis artery)? - correct answer Deep
Plantar Artery- penetrates the sole of foot, it unites with lateral plantar artery to
complete plantar arc’
How does the PTA run down the leg? - correct answer Posterior and Medial side
of leg
What is the Tibioperoneal Trunk? - correct answer Short segment between ATA
branch and branches of PTA and peroneal arteries’
The plantar arch in foot consists of what branch from DPA? - correct answer
Deep plantar artery
The plantar arch in foot consists of what branch from the PTA? - correct answer
Lateral plantar artery, which unites with the deep plantar artery
, Arteries progressively decrease in size from the largest being __ and the smallest
being ___? - correct answer A’ Largest = Aorta
B’ Smallest = Arterioles
Arterioles are considered what type of vessels and assist in regulating what? -
correct answer a’ Arterioles are considered resistance vessels
b’ They assist in regulating blood flow through contraction and relaxation’
Where does the exchange of nutrients and waste products between blood and
tissue take place? - correct answer Capillaries
What is the inner thin layer of the arterial wall called? - correct answer Tunica
intima, which consists of smooth endothelium and connective tissue
What layer of the arterial wall is thickest and made up largely of elastic type of
smooth mucsle and connective tissue? - correct answer Tunica media /
intermediate layer
Which layer of the arterial wall is made up of fibrous connective tissue? - correct
answer Tunica externa / outer layer (adventitia)
What layer of the arterial wall contains the vasa vasorum? What is the vasa
vasorum? - correct answer The vasa vasorum tiny vessels found in the adventitial
layer of the arterial wall, that carry blood to the walls of the largest arteries’
Proximal to aortic arch, what are the first branches of the ascending aorta? -
correct answer Coronary Arteries
What events lead up to the beginning of cardiac contractions? - correct answer 1’
Pressure in left ventricle begins to rise
2’ Left ventricle pressure exceeds that in the aorta
