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Which of the following is the first branch of the ICA? - correct answer ✔Ophthalmic artery
What vessel does the blood from the axillary vein drain into? - correct answer ✔Innominate vein
What two vessels drain into the SVC? - correct answer ✔Rt and Lt innominate
At what point does the subclavian artery become the axillary artery? - correct answer ✔As it passed
the outer border of the first rib
What is the most reliable method of identifying the ECA and ICA? - correct answer ✔Identifying
extracranial branches confirms ECA
How can the normal Doppler waveforms of the ICA and ECA be compared? - correct answer ✔ECA
demonstrates higher resistance and less diastolic flow
How do venous walls differ from those of the arteries? - correct answer ✔The tunica media is thinner in
veins
What is the first branch of the ECA? - correct answer ✔Superior thyroid artery
What vessel supplies blood to the CIA? - correct answer ✔Aorta
What vein drains blood from the liver? - correct answer ✔Hepatic veins
, What is the result on the venous flow during a valsalva maneuver? - correct answer ✔Halts all venous
return as there is an increase to both thoracic and abdominal pressures
Where does blood from the cephalic vein drain into? - correct answer ✔Subclavian vein
Which of the following is best to be used as a landmark for the left renal artery? - correct answer ✔Left
renal vein
What is the significance of the dicrotic notch? - correct answer ✔Aortic valve closure
What provides the blood supply to the walls of the right CCA? - correct answer ✔Vaso Vasorum
What forms the portal confluence? - correct answer ✔Splenic vein and superior mesenteric vein
What is true regarding diastole flow reversal in the arterial system? - correct answer ✔It is seen in and
proximal to higher resistance vessels
Which of the following induces an increase in resistance? - correct answer ✔Smoking
What vessel can be visualized posterior to the IVC? - correct answer ✔Right renal artery
According to Poiseuille's Law, what factor has the greatest influence on resistance to flow? - correct
answer ✔Vessel diameter
During valsalva maneuver, what response is expected in the presence of competent valves? - correct
answer ✔All venous flow is halted