Arteries and Veins for Anatomy

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