Major Arteries and Veins

abdominal aorta

aortic arch

ascending aorta

axillary artery

brachial artery

brachiocephalic trunk

common carotid arteries

common iliac artery

external carotid artery

external iliac aretery

Hepatic veins

Lobar arteries

Facial vein

Median antebrachial vein

Ductus arteriosus

Fetal vessel that bypasses the lungs

Dorsal venous arch

Look at the arch shape of this vein

A small ligament that connects the aorta and pulmonary artery. It’s a fibrous remnant of the ductus arteriosus.

Ligamentum arteriosum

femoral artery

Foramen ovale

Small opening in the interatrial septum. Present in fetuses

Fossa ovalis

Shallow depression in the right atrium. Remnant of the foramen ovale

Ductus venosus

Blood vessel that connects the umbilical vein to the inferior vena cava in a fetus

Ligamentum Venosum

Fibrous remnant of the fetal ductus venosus.

Umbilical vein

Umbilical arteries

Ligamentum teres

Remnant of the umbilical vein

Umbilicus

a scar on the abdomen that marks the former attachment site of the umbilical cord during fetal development

gonadal artery

inferior mesenteric artery

internal carotid artery

internal iliac artery

popliteal artery

radial artery

renal artery

subclavian artery

superior mesenteric artery

thoracic aorta

ulnar artery

vertebral artery

anterior tibial vein

axillary vein

basilic vein

brachial vein

brachiocephalic veins

cephalic vein

common iliac vein

dural sinuses

external iliac vein

external jugular vein

femoral vein

fibular vein

great saphenous vein

hepatic portal vein

hepatic veins

inferior mesenteric vein

inferior vena cava

internal iliac vein

internal jugular vein

median cubital vein

popliteal vein

radial vein

renal vein

splenic vein

subclavian vein

superior mesenteric vein

superior vena cava

ulnar vein

vertebral vein