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How much blood is in the arteries? Venous system?
What are the branches coming of the aortic arch?
What do the subclavian arteries become? Where does this start? Where does this structure end? What are the three parts? Where does it give branches off to?
What does the axillary artery become? Where does this structure run? What is the major branch? Where does this structure end?
Where is the brachial pulse?
Where does the ulnar artery run? What does it supply? What is its branch and what doe this supply?
Where does the radial artery run? What does it supply?
Where do both the superficial and deep palmar arches arise from? Where are they both located? What arises from the superficial and deep palmar arches?
Where are the radial and ulnar pulses? Which is more difficult to palpate and why?
What is the Allen test? How is it performed? What is a normal filling time?
Describe the venous return in the hand.
Describe the venous return of the rest of the arm.
Which vein is most commonly used for venipuncture?
At what spinal level does the abdominal aorta end? How does it become the femoral artery?
What does the internal iliac supply? The external iliac?
What are the branches of the internal iliac and what do they supply?
What does the obturator artery pass through? What branch does it give off? What branch does this supply?
What structure does the femoral artery run underneath? What aspect of the leg does it run down?
Where is the femoral pulse?
What is the profunda femoris? What does it supply? What branches does it give off and what do these supply?
Describe the structure of the medial and lateral circumflexes of the profunda femoris.
How does the femoral artery become the popliteal artery? What does the popliteal artery supply?
How is the popliteal pulse best felt?
What does the anterior tibial artery supply?
What is the dorsalis pedis? What does it supply?
How does the posterior tibial artery compare to the anterior? Which aspect of the leg does it pass through? What is the deeper branch of the posterior tibial artery? What does the posterior tibial artery (and its branch) supply?
Where is the dorsalis pedis pulse located? Posterior tibial pulse?
What does the posterior tibial artery become? What does this supply? What do the digital arteries arise from?
Describe the venous return in the leg.
Where do the small and great saphenous veins drain into? How do the superficial and deep veins relate?
How is venous return controlled?
What is peripheral vascular disease? What are the four most common causes? Describe the pathophysiology.
