Vasculature

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1. What is endocarditis?
1. Bacterial infection of the cardiac valves
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2. What are the arteries that branch off the aorta?
2. The brachiocephalic trunk which splits into right common carotid and right subclavian artery, left common carotid artery, left subclavian artery
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3. What does the left common carotid artery supply?
3. The left head and neck
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4. What nerve lies over scalemnus anterior?
4. Phrenic nerve
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5. What are the branches of the 1st part of subclavian artery
5. 1st one- vertebral artery. 2nd one- thyrocervical trunk this also has another branch- inferior thyroid artery + internal thoracic artery
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6. What does the vertebral artery supply? And through what foramina does it travel?
6. The posterior part of the brain, travels through cervical transverse process of cervical vertebrae
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7. What does the thyrocervical trunk supply?
7. Thyroid gland +other structures in the neck
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8. Wheres the bifurcation of the common carotid artery
8. Level of superior border of thyroid cartilage/ hyoid bone
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9. What does the carotid sinus and body contain?
9. Carotid sinus: baroreceptors for monitoring blood pressure. Carotid body: peripheral chemoreceptors
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10. What do the peripheral chemorepceots do?
10. Detect temp, pH- CHEMICAL SENSOR
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11. what are the 8 external carotid arteries?
11. Superficial temporal Ascending pharyngeal Lingual Facial Occipital Posterior auricular Maxillary Superior thyroid
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12. What are the divisions of the retromandibular vein?
12. Posterior division+ posterior auricular vein= external jugular vein Anterior division+ facial vein= common facial vein which drains into internal jugular vein
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13. What does the carotid sheath contain
13. Internal jugular vein, common carotid artery (then internal carotid artery , vagus nerve, deep cervical lymph nodes
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what is Adam's apple called in medical terms
laryngeal prominence of thyroid cartilage
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what does the internal carotid artery supply. what does it travel through
the middle and anterior part of brain. travels through, carotid canal
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what is astemosis
connection between arteries
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what cranial nerve is responsible for carrying info from carotid sinus and body
glossopharyngeal nerve. CN IX
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what arteries have to join to make external carotid artery
superficial temporal and maxillary artery
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2. The brachiocephalic trunk which splits into right common carotid and right subclavian artery, left common carotid artery, left subclavian artery

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