Comparison of Circulatory Routes
Directions:
a. Click the “Contents” button.
b. Open the Cardiovascular System File.
c. Click Anatomy Overviews.
d. Click Comparison of Circulatory Routes.
1. Click Systemic Arteries and locate each of the following:
a. Right & left common carotids
b. Right vertebral
c. Right and left subclavians
d. Brachiocephalic trunk
e. Right brachial
f. Right radial
g. Right ulnar
h. Right deep palmar arch
i. Left axillary
j. Ascending aorta
k. Thoracic & Abdominal Arteries
l. Left common iliac
m. Left femoral
n. Left posterior tibial
o. Left dorsalis pedis
p. Left arcuate
2. Click Thoracic and Abdominal Arteries to identify the following.
a. Thoracic aorta
b. Superior phrenic
c. Common hepatic
d. Suprarenal
e. Right renal
f. Gonadal
g. Common iliac
h. Right & left subclavian
i. Gastric
j. Celiac trunk
k. Splenic
l. Mesenteric
m. Left renal
n. Abdominal aorta
3. Return to the Comparison of Circulatory Routes page and click Pulmonary Circulation.
Identify each of the following
a. Superior vena cava
b. Right & left pulmonary arteries
c. Right & left pulmonary veins
d. Pulmonary trunks
e. Arch of aorta (aortic arch)
f. Ascending aorta
4. Trace the blood circuit through the chambers of the heart and the pulmonary vessels. Describe its condition as oxygenated or deoxygenated.
5. Return to the Comparison of Circulatory Routes page and click Hepatic Portal System.
Identify each of the following
a. Hepatic Vein
b. Liver
c. Hepatic Portal Vein
d. Pancreas
e. Intestines
f. Inferior Vena Cava
g. Spleen
h. Stomach
i. Splenic Vein
j. Gastric Vein
k. Superior & Inferior Mesenteric Veins
l. What is the function of the hepatic portal system?
6. Return to the Comparison of Circulatory Routes page and click Hepatic Portal System.
Identify each of the following
a. Right axillary
b. Superior vena cava
c. Right cephalic
d. Right brachial
e. Right medial cubital
f. Right radial
g. Right ulnar
h. Right palmar venous plexus
i. Right internal jugular
j. Right external jugular
k. Right subclavian
l. Right brachiocephalic
m. Thoracic and Abdominal Veins
n. Left common iliac
o. Left external iliac
p. Left femoral
q. Left great saphenous
r. Left posterior tibial
s. Left dorsal venous arch
7. Click Thoracic and Abdominal Veins and identify the following:
a. Superior vena cava
b. Hepatic
c. Suprarenal
d. Gonadal
e. Right and Left Subclavian
f. Renal
g. Inferior vena cava
h. What is the function of the abdominal and thoracic veins?