Deck 22: Anatomy of Blood Vessels

Question 1

Which portion of the brain receives its blood supply from the anterior cerebral artery?

A) medial sides of the cerebral hemispheres
B) lateral side of the temporal and parietal lobes
C) pons and cerebellum
D) occipital lobe

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A patient has shortness of breath,is experiencing severe chest pain,and is coughing up bloody sputum.What is the most likely diagnosis?

A) varicose veins
B) atherosclerosis
C) venipuncture
D) pulmonary embolism

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which vein drains blood from the distal half of the large intestine?

A) superior mesenteric
B) splenic
C) inferior mesenteric
D) gastric

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A young patient has developed a disease that is causing her elastic fibers to break down.The tunica media of which artery is most affected by this disease?

A) brachial
B) aorta
C) arteriole
D) renal

Question 5

A pulmonary embolism is most likely to enter the pulmonary circulation directly from which part of the heart?

A) left atrium
B) right ventricle
C) left ventricle
D) right atrium

Question 6

Which veins drain blood from the face,scalp,and neck?

A) external jugular
B) vertebral
C) brachiocephalic
D) internal jugular

Question 7

Blockage of which of the following arteries would most likely result in the greatest amount of brain damage?

A) anterior cerebral
B) internal carotid
C) middle cerebral
D) external carotid

Question 8

Which artery originates at the inferior border of the teres major?

A) brachial
B) deep brachial
C) ulnar
D) radial

Question 9

What condition is characterized by the accumulation of fatty and calcium deposits between the tunica intima and the tunica media?

A) atherosclerosis
B) varicose veins
C) venipuncture
D) pulmonary embolism

Question 10

Which of the following arteries supplies blood to the primary sex organs?

A) renal
B) inferior phrenic
C) adrenal
D) gonadal

Question 11

What artery becomes the femoral artery as it passes deep to the inguinal ligament?

A) popliteal
B) anterior tibial
C) external iliac
D) great saphenous

Question 12

An athlete decides to run 10 miles at noon during the hottest day of the summer.Which of the following conditions is most likely to occur?

A) atherosclerosis
B) vasodilation
C) varicose veins
D) vasoconstriction

Question 13

Which vein is most commonly used for vein graft surgery?

A) fibular
B) great saphenous
C) popliteal
D) femoral

Question 14

Which of the following capillaries contain pores that are covered by a thin basal lamina?

A) sinusoids
B) continuous
C) fenestrated
D) arteriole

Question 15

Where is the endothelium located?

A) basal lamina
B) tunica intima
C) tunica externa
D) tunica media

Question 16

Which of the following arteries is the first to arise from the aortic arch?

A) left subclavian artery
B) brachiocephalic trunk
C) bronchial artery
D) left common carotid

Question 17

Which layer of a blood vessel contains smooth muscle and elastic fibers?

A) tunica intima
B) tunica externa
C) endothelium
D) tunica media

Question 18

Which of the following capillary types is located in the brain?

A) venule
B) fenestrated
C) sinusoids
D) continuous

Question 19

Which type of blood vessel possesses valves?

A) elastic arteries
B) arterioles
C) muscular arteries
D) veins

Question 20

The pancreas of a patient has begun to swell because of inadequate drainage.Which vein is most likely to be effected?

A) inferior mesenteric
B) gastric
C) splenic
D) superior mesenteric