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Review and Assessment Questions
Fehrenbach: Illustrated Anatomy of the Head and Neck, 6th Edition
Chapter 06: Vascular System
Review and Assessment Questions
1. What is the general term for a large network of blood vessels?
Plexus
2. What are the connecting channels between blood vessels generally termed?
Anastomoses
3. What type of vessel arises from the heart and carries blood away from it and what
is its branching system?
Artery. The artery branch from the arch of the Aorta from the heart to the
innominate. On the left carotid and the subclavian on the left. It then gives rise to
many branches of arterioles and, finally network of capillaries.
4. What type of vessel carries blood to the heart and what is its branching system?
Vein. The capillaries branch joins to form venules that carry blood to the veins.
5. What part of the vascular system is a blood filled space between two layers of
tissue?
Venous sinuses
6. What major artery arises from the common carotid and subclavian arteries on the
left side of the body?
Aorta
7. What is the direct branch from the aorta on the right side of the body, which then
branches into the common carotid and subclavian?
Brachiocephalic artery
8. What artery arises directly from the aorta on the left side of the body and travels
superiorly along the neck lateral to the trachea and larynx?
The left common carotid artery
9. What artery arises directly from the aorta on the left side of the body and its main
destination is the upper arm?
Subclavian artery
10. What are the two major arteries that supply the head and neck?
Common carotid and subclavian
11. Where is the most reliable pulse during emergency treatment?
During emergency therapy, the common carotid artery and the larynx
reliably detect a pulse.
12. What artery supplies intracranial structures and is the source of the ophthalmic
artery?
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Internal carotid artery
13. What does the ophthalmic artery supply?
The lacrimal gland, eye, and orbit.
14. What artery supplies extracranial tissue of the head and neck, including the oral
cavity?
External carotid artery
15. What are the major branches of the external carotid artery and how can they be
grouped?
The significant branches include; anterior, medial, posterior, and terminal.
It can be grouped as per the primary art...
