Deck 60: Cat Circulatory System

Question 1

Blood leaving the right ventricle enters which blood vessel?

A) coronary artery
B) pulmonary vein
C) aorta
D) precava
E) pulmonary trunk

Answer 1

E

Question 2

Identify the deep femoral artery in this figure.

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The inferior mesenteric artery arises from which blood vessel?

A) superior mesenteric artery
B) internal iliac artery
C) abdominal aorta
D) gonadal artery

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The external iliac artery continues into the hindlimb as the ________.

A) anterior tibial artery
B) posterior tibial artery
C) popliteal artery
D) femoral artery

Question 5

As the aorta extends posteriorly beyond the diaphragm, it is called the ________.

A) aortic arch
B) thoracic aorta
C) abdominal aorta

Question 6

Which type of blood vessels carries blood away from the heart?

A) capillaries
B) arteries
C) veins

Question 7

Identify the aortic arch in the figure.

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D

Question 8

The celiac trunk branches off the ________.

A) aortic arch
B) thoracic aorta
C) left gastric artery
D) abdominal aorta
E) hepatic artery

Question 9

Which artery carries blood to the gallbladder?

A) cystic artery
B) phrenic artery
C) superior hemorrhoidal artery
D) left gastric artery

Question 10

Which blood vessels supplies blood to the pericardium, mediastinum, and the diaphragm?

A) internal mammary artery
B) internal maxillary artery
C) vertebral artery
D) ventral thoracic artery

Question 11

The celiac trunk divides into three branches. Which one of these vessels is NOT a branch of the celiac trunk?

A) left gastric artery
B) superior mesenteric artery
C) splenic artery
D) hepatic artery

Question 12

The fetal pulmonary trunk is attached to the fetal aorta via the ________.

A) ligamentum arteriosum
B) left subclavian artery
C) brachiocephalic artery
D) ductus arteriosus

Question 13

As the axillary artery enters the forelimb, it becomes the ________.

A) brachial artery
B) costocervical artery
C) femoral artery
D) ulnar artery
E) radial artery

Question 14

The right subclavian artery and the left common carotid artery branch off from which vessel?

A) brachiocephalic artery
B) internal maxillary artery
C) right common carotid artery
D) internal mammary artery

Question 15

Which blood vessel supplies blood to the deep muscles of the neck and shoulder and to the first two costal interspaces?

A) costocervical artery
B) long thoracic artery
C) subscapular artery
D) intercostal artery
E) ventral thoracic artery

Question 16

Which of the following arteries does NOT branch off from the brachial artery?

A) ulnar artery
B) collateral ulnar artery
C) axillary artery
D) median cubital artery
E) radial artery

Question 17

Identify the major arterial vessel which gives rise to all major arteries except those that supply the lungs.

A) celiac trunk
B) ligamentum arteriosum
C) aorta
D) precava
E) pulmonary trunk

Question 18

Which artery carries blood from the abdominal aorta to the hindlimbs?

A) left colic artery
B) internal iliac artery
C) iliolumbar artery
D) external iliac artery

Question 19

List the blood vessels that a drop of blood will pass through as it leaves the abdominal aorta and moves distally towards the paw of the hindlimb:
1 Femoral artery
2 External iliac
3 Posterior tibial artery
4 Popliteal artery

A) 3, 1, 2, 4
B) 2, 4, 1, 3
C) 2, 1, 4, 3
D) 2, 3, 4, 1
E) 3, 2, 1, 4

Question 20

Which artery supplies blood to the brachium?

A) esophageal arteries
B) subscapular artery
C) axillary artery
D) costocervical artery

Question 21

The medial and lateral branches of the popliteal vein drain blood from the ________.

A) thigh
B) anterior knee
C) hip
D) foot and calf region

Question 22

The intercostal veins drain blood from the intercostal muscles into the ________ vein.

A) axillary
B) internal jugular
C) subscapular
D) azygous

Question 23

Which vein drains the tail and empties into the origin of the postcava?

A) internal iliac vein
B) caudal vein
C) hepatic portal vein
D) external iliac vein

Question 24

The cephalic vein drains into the external jugular vein via the ________ vein.

A) brachial
B) transverse scapular
C) radial
D) ulnar

Question 25

Which blood vessel drains blood from the abdomen, pelvis, and hindlimbs?

A) precava
B) postcava
C) axillary vein
D) internal jugular vein

Question 26

List the blood vessels that a drop of blood will pass through as it leaves the head and travels towards the heart:
1 External jugular vein
2 Precava
3 Subclavian vein
4 Brachiocephalic vein

A) 1, 3, 4, 2
B) 1, 2, 3, 4
C) 1, 4, 3, 2
D) 1, 4, 2, 3

Question 27

Which vessel carries oxygenated blood from the lung to the left atrium of the heart?

A) pulmonary vein
B) postcava
C) precava
D) pulmonary artery

Question 28

The radial vein is located on the ________ side of the forelimb.

A) medial
B) lateral

Question 29

List the veins that a drop of blood will pass through as it leaves the foot and returns to the heart:
1 Saphenous vein
2 Popliteal vein
3 External iliac vein
4 Femoral vein

A) 2, 3, 4, 1
B) 2, 4, 3, 1
C) 3, 2, 4, 1
D) 2, 1, 4, 3
E) 3, 2, 1, 4

Question 30

Which of the following veins does NOT drain into the hepatic portal vein?

A) inferior mesenteric vein
B) inferior phrenic vein
C) superior mesenteric vein
D) gastrosplenic vein

Question 31

The radial vein and ulnar veins drain into the ________ vein.

A) brachial
B) brachiocephalic
C) axillary
D) azygous

Question 32

Which vein drains the small and large intestines and the pancreas?

A) lumbar vein
B) caudal vein
C) gastrosplenic vein
D) superior mesenteric vein

Question 33

Which of the following vessels does NOT drain into the axillary vein?

A) internal thoracic vein
B) long thoracic vein
C) subscapular vein
D) ventral thoracic vein

Question 34

In humans, the postcava is called the ________.

A) jugular vein
B) pulmonary vein
C) superior vena cava
D) inferior vena cava

Question 35

Identify the deep popliteal artery in the figure.

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E