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Tunica intima, tunica media, tunica adventitia
What are the 3 layers of arteries and veins?
away from
Arteries carry blood ___ the heart
towards
Veins carry blood ___ the heart
Tunica Media
What is the thickest layer in arteries?
Higher
Arteries have ____ pressure blood flow
Tunica Adventitia
What layer is the most prominent in veins?
Lower
Veins have ____ pressure blood flow
Calf and Forearm
What two places have a single artery paired with two veins?
External Iliac Artery
Becomes common femoral Artery after passing under inguinal ligament
Common Femoral Artery
Located near medial groin (Artery)
Deep Femoral Artery
Deep branch of the CFA in thigh
Common Femoral Artery
What does CFA stand for?
Deep Femoral Artery and Vein
What is also known as the Profunda
Superficial Femoral Artery
Superficial branch of the common femoral Artery in the medial thigh
Popliteal Artery
Visualized posterior to the knee (Artery)
Superficial Femoral Artery
Becomes popliteal artery after passing through adductor hiatus
Anterior Tibial Artery
First branch of popliteal artery
Anterior Tibial Artery
Travels down anterior calf lateral to the tibia (becomes dorsalis pedis at anterior ankle) (Artery)
Peroneal Artery
Travels down posterior calf (Artery)
Posterior Tibial Artery
Travels down medial calf posterior to the tibia (Artery)
Anterior Tibial Artery
Common Femoral Artery
Common Iliac Artery
External Iliac Artery
Internal Iliac Artery
Peroneal Artery
Popliteal Artery
Posterior Tibial Artery
Profunda Femoris Artery
Superficial Femoral Artery
Superficial Femoral Artery
Travel down medial thigh - becomes popliteal after pass through adductor hiatus (Artery)
External iliac artery and vein
Become Common Femoral Artery and Vein after passing under inguinal ligament
Adductor Hiatus
Femoral Artery
Common Femoral Artery
Femoral Vein
Inguinal Ligament
External Iliac Artery
Anterior Tibial Artery and Veins
Anterior Tibial Artery
Peroneal Artery and Veins
Peroneal Artery
Popliteal Artery
Posterior Tibial Artery and Veins
Posterior Tibial Artery
Arteries
They are round in cross section and resist compression
Arteries
Thick walls and are smooth regular shape in long axis
Common Femoral Vein
Becomes the external iliac after passing under the inguinal ligament (Vein)
Great Saphenous Vein
Travels up the entire medial leg and joins the CFV in the superior thigh (vein)
Saphenofemoral Junction
Where the GSV and the CFV join in the superior thigh
No artery
What is the Greater Saphenous Veins accompanying artery?
Deep Femoral Vein
Joins FV distal to the saphenofemoral junction
Femoral Vein
Travels up medial thigh superficial to the DFV
Popliteal Vein
The ___ travels posterior to the knee and becomes the Femoral vein after passing though the adductor hiatus
Small Saphenous Vein
joins Pop V proximal to the paired calf veins
Small Saphenous Vein
Also known as the Lesser Saphenous
No artery
What is the Small saphenous vein’s accompanying artery
Pared Peroneal, Posterior Tibial, and Anterior Tibial Veins
What veins come together to form the popliteal vein?
Adductor Canal
Anterior Tibial Vein
Common Femoral Vein
Common Iliac Vein
Deep Femoral Vein
External Iliac Vein
Femoral Vein
Inferior Vena Cava
Internal Iliac Vein
Peroneal Vein
Popliteal Vein
Posterior Tibial Vein
Saphenofemoral Junction
Superficial Tissues
Superficial veins are located near the skin’s surface and drain ___
Veins
Which change shape and have valves?
The Saphenofemoral Junction
Proximal connection of the superficial and deep veins in the leg where the GSV drains into the CFV
Common Femoral Artery
Bifurcates slightly proximal to where the CFV becomes the DFV and FV (Artery)
Common Femoral Artery
Common Femoral Artery
Common Femoral Vein
Femoral Vein
Common Femoral Vein
Deep Femoral Artery
Deep Femoral Vein
Femoral Artery
Femoral Vein
Great Saphenous Vein
Popliteal Artery
Popliteal Vein
Superficial Femoral Artery
Common Femoral Vein
Bifurcates into the femoral vein and deep femoral vein
Common Femoral Artery
Common Femoral Artery
Deep Femoral Artery
Deep Femoral Artery
Femoral Vein
Femoral Vein
Femoral Vein
Femoral Vein
Great Saphenous Vein
Great Saphenous Vein
Superficial Femoral Artery
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