Major arteries, veins, and lymphatic drainage pathways tested on USMLE Step 1.
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- What is the order of the three major branches off the aortic arch, from proximal to distal?
- Brachiocephalic trunk, left common carotid artery, left subclavian artery
- What are the three branches of the celiac trunk?
- Left gastric artery, splenic artery, common hepatic artery
- What embryologic gut segment does the superior mesenteric artery supply?
- The midgut
- What embryologic gut segment does the inferior mesenteric artery supply?
- The hindgut
- At what vertebral level do the renal arteries typically arise from the aorta?
- L1 to L2
- Which artery connects the two anterior cerebral arteries in the circle of Willis?
- The anterior communicating artery
- Which artery connects the internal carotid and posterior cerebral arteries?
- The posterior communicating artery
- Occlusion of the left anterior descending artery classically affects which cardiac regions?
- The anterior wall of the left ventricle and the anterior two-thirds of the interventricular septum
- In most people, which coronary artery supplies the sinoatrial node?
- The right coronary artery
- Distally, the femoral artery becomes which artery after passing through the adductor hiatus?
- The popliteal artery
- The popliteal artery terminates by dividing into which two arteries?
- The anterior tibial artery and the posterior tibial artery
- True or false: the internal carotid artery gives off branches while traveling through the neck.
- False, it gives off no branches in the neck
- The two vertebral arteries join to form which single artery?
- The basilar artery
- In subclavian steal syndrome, blood flow reverses in which artery?
- The vertebral artery on the side of the subclavian stenosis
- At the cubital fossa, the brachial artery bifurcates into which two arteries?
- The radial artery and the ulnar artery