ARDMS RVT [2026] | A+ VERIFIED ANSWERS | UPDATED
ACTUAL | DETAILED STUDY REVIEW AND GUIDE
• What is the biggest difference between the layers of arteries and veins? -
✓✓ANSWER: Tunica Media
• What is the Tunica Intima? -✓✓ANSWER: Innermost layer
• What type of cells are in the Tunica Intima? -✓✓ANSWER: Smooth Endothelial
Cells
• What is the blood supply to the blood supply? -✓✓ANSWER: Vasa Vasorum
• Where is the site of proliferative activity for atherosclerosis? -✓✓ANSWER:
Subendothelial space
• Which vessel layer is composed of smooth muscle cells? -✓✓ANSWER: Tunica
Media
• First branches of the aorta are what? -✓✓ANSWER: coronary arteries
• What is another name for the brachiocephalic artery? -✓✓ANSWER:
innominate artery
• What does the innominate artery bifurcate into? -✓✓ANSWER: The right
subclavian and right CCA
,• Where does the subclavian artery terminate? -✓✓ANSWER: The first rib
• Does the axillary artery pass behind or in front of the clavicle? -✓✓ANSWER:
behind
• What is the main blood supply to the arm, forearm and hand? -✓✓ANSWER:
The Brachial artery
• What is the radial arteries terminal branch? -✓✓ANSWER: Deep palmar arch
• What is the Ulnar arteries terminal branch? -✓✓ANSWER: Superficial palmar
arch
• Is the palmar arch always complete? -✓✓ANSWER: No sometimes it is
incomplete
• The left gastric artery supplies what? -✓✓ANSWER: The stomach and
esophagus
• What comes off the celiac trunk? -✓✓ANSWER: left gastric artery, common
hepatic artery, splenic artery
• Where is the SMA located? -✓✓ANSWER: 1 cm distal to the celiac artery
• What does the Superior Mesenteric Artery supply? -✓✓ANSWER: small
intestine, cecum and parts of the colon
, • What might the SMA and Celiac artery have? -✓✓ANSWER: a common trunk
• Which Renal artery is longer? -✓✓ANSWER: The right
• Does the right renal artery pass behind or in front of the IVC? -✓✓ANSWER:
behind
• The inferior mesenteric artery arises from where? -✓✓ANSWER: The abdominal
aorta
• The IMA is what distance above the aortic bifurcation? -✓✓ANSWER: 2-4 cm
• What does the IMA supply? -✓✓ANSWER: Descending colon, transverse colon
and rectum
• What are the 2 potential collateral connections between the IMA and SMA? -
✓✓ANSWER: Marginal artery of the colon and the Arc of Riolan
• What is the Marginal Artery of the Colon also known as? -✓✓ANSWER: The
Marginal Artery of Drummond
• What is the landmark for the Aortic bifurcation? -✓✓ANSWER: The Psoas Major
Muscle
ACTUAL | DETAILED STUDY REVIEW AND GUIDE
• What is the biggest difference between the layers of arteries and veins? -
✓✓ANSWER: Tunica Media
• What is the Tunica Intima? -✓✓ANSWER: Innermost layer
• What type of cells are in the Tunica Intima? -✓✓ANSWER: Smooth Endothelial
Cells
• What is the blood supply to the blood supply? -✓✓ANSWER: Vasa Vasorum
• Where is the site of proliferative activity for atherosclerosis? -✓✓ANSWER:
Subendothelial space
• Which vessel layer is composed of smooth muscle cells? -✓✓ANSWER: Tunica
Media
• First branches of the aorta are what? -✓✓ANSWER: coronary arteries
• What is another name for the brachiocephalic artery? -✓✓ANSWER:
innominate artery
• What does the innominate artery bifurcate into? -✓✓ANSWER: The right
subclavian and right CCA
,• Where does the subclavian artery terminate? -✓✓ANSWER: The first rib
• Does the axillary artery pass behind or in front of the clavicle? -✓✓ANSWER:
behind
• What is the main blood supply to the arm, forearm and hand? -✓✓ANSWER:
The Brachial artery
• What is the radial arteries terminal branch? -✓✓ANSWER: Deep palmar arch
• What is the Ulnar arteries terminal branch? -✓✓ANSWER: Superficial palmar
arch
• Is the palmar arch always complete? -✓✓ANSWER: No sometimes it is
incomplete
• The left gastric artery supplies what? -✓✓ANSWER: The stomach and
esophagus
• What comes off the celiac trunk? -✓✓ANSWER: left gastric artery, common
hepatic artery, splenic artery
• Where is the SMA located? -✓✓ANSWER: 1 cm distal to the celiac artery
• What does the Superior Mesenteric Artery supply? -✓✓ANSWER: small
intestine, cecum and parts of the colon
, • What might the SMA and Celiac artery have? -✓✓ANSWER: a common trunk
• Which Renal artery is longer? -✓✓ANSWER: The right
• Does the right renal artery pass behind or in front of the IVC? -✓✓ANSWER:
behind
• The inferior mesenteric artery arises from where? -✓✓ANSWER: The abdominal
aorta
• The IMA is what distance above the aortic bifurcation? -✓✓ANSWER: 2-4 cm
• What does the IMA supply? -✓✓ANSWER: Descending colon, transverse colon
and rectum
• What are the 2 potential collateral connections between the IMA and SMA? -
✓✓ANSWER: Marginal artery of the colon and the Arc of Riolan
• What is the Marginal Artery of the Colon also known as? -✓✓ANSWER: The
Marginal Artery of Drummond
• What is the landmark for the Aortic bifurcation? -✓✓ANSWER: The Psoas Major
Muscle
