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Human Blood Vessels

Part A: Major Systemic Arteries and Veins of the Body

Use the key on the right to identify the arteries or veins described on the left.

Anterior tibial

1. the arterial system has one of these; the venous system has two

Basilic

2. these arteries supply the myocardium

Brachial

3. the more anterior artery pair serving the brain

Brachiocephalic

4. longest vein in the body

Celiac trunk

5. artery on the foot checked after leg surgery

Cephalic

6. serves the posterior thigh

Common carotid

7. supplies the diaphragm

Common iliac

8. formed by the union of the radial and ulnar veins

Coronary

9. two superficial veins of the arm

Deep femoral

10. artery serving the kidney

Dorsalis pedis

11. testicular or ovarian veins

External carotid

12. artery that supplies the distal half of the large intestine

Femoral

13. drain the pelvic organs and lower limbs

Gonadal

14. what the external iliac vein drains into in the pelvis

Great saphenous

15. major artery serving the arm

Inferior mesenteric

16. supplies most of the small intestine

Internal carotid

17. what the femoral artery becomes at the knee

Internal iliac

18. an arterial trunk that has three major branches, which run to the liver,

Fibularis

spleen, and stomach

Phrenic

19. major artery serving the skin and scalp of the head

Popliteal

20. two veins that join, forming the popliteal vein

Posterior tibial

21. artery generally used to take the pulse of the wrist

Radial

Renal

Subclavian

Superior mesenteric

Part B: Special Circulations- Pulmonary Circulation

Vertebral

1. Trace the pathway of a carbon dioxide gas molecule in the blood from

the inferior vena cava until it leaves the bloodstream. Name all the

structures (vessels, heart chambers, and others) passed through en route.

2. Trace the pathway of an oxygen gas molecule from an alveolus of the lung to the right atrium

of the heart. Name all the structures through which it passes.

3. Most arteries of the adult body cavity carry oxygen-rich blood, and the veins carry oxygen-

depleted, carbon dioxide-rich blood. What is different about the pulmonary arteries and

veins?

Human Blood Vessels

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