Arteries To Know

Name	Location	Name	Location
Abdominal Aorta	Abdomen	Hepatic	Abdomen
Anterior Cerebral	Head	Inferior Messenteric	Abdomen
Anterior Communicating	Head	Internal Carotid	Neck
Anterior Tibial	Leg	Internal Carotid	Neck
Aortic Arch	Thorax	Internal Illiac	Leg
Ascending Aorta	Thorax	Internal Mammary	Thorax
Axillary	Arm	Internal Mammary	Thorax
Basilar	Head	Middle Cerebral	Head
Bifurcation of Aorta	Pelvis	Popliteal	Leg
Brachial	Arm	Posterior Cerebral	Head
Brachiocephalic Trunk	Thorax	Posterior Communicating	Head
Celiac trunk	Abdomen	Posterior Intercostal	Thorax
Cerebellar	Head	Posterior Tibial	Leg
Circle of Willis	Head	Radial	Arm
Common Carotid	Neck	Renal	Abdomen
Common Illiac	Pelvis	Splenic	Abdomen
Deep Palmar Arch	Hand	Subclavian	Thorax
Descending Thoracic Aorta	Thorax	Subclavian	Thorax
Dorsalis Pedis	Foot	Superior Messenteric	Abdomen
External Carotid	Neck	Thyrocervical	Thorax
external Carotid	Neck	Thyrocervical	Thorax
External Illiac	Leg	Ulnar	Arm
Femoral	Leg	Vertebral	Neck
Gastric artery	Abdomen	Vertebral	Neck

Alphabetized by location

Name	Location	Gets blood from	Sends blood to	Comments
Descending Abdom. Aorta	Abdomen	Thoracic Aorta	Celiac, Superior/Inferior mesenteric, renal, iliac
Celiac trunk	Abdomen	Abdominal Aorta	Left Gastric artery Hepatic artery Splenic artery	Lab: 345, 348; Lect: 746, 747, 752, 753;
L. Gastric artery	Abdomen	Celiac	Stomach (lesser curve) Esophagus	Lab: 348; Lect: 747, 752, 753;
Splenic	Abdomen	Celiac	Spleen Pancreas Stomach	Lab: 348; Lab: 752, 753;
Hepatic	Abdomen	Celiac	Liver Gall Bladder Stomach Small intestine	Lab: 348; Lect: 752, 753;
Superior Messenteric	Abdomen	Abdominal Aorta	Most of small intestine Part of large intestine (via ileocolic and colic)	Lab: 348; Lect: 754, 755;
R & L Renal	Abdomen	Abdominal Aorta	Kidneys	Lab: 345, 348, 349; Lect: 754, 755;
Inferior Messenteric	Abdomen	Abdominal Aorta	Large intestine and upper rectum	Lab: 345, 348, 349; Lect: 754, 755;
Abdominal Aorta	Abdomen	Thoracic Aorta	Iliac Celiac Superior Messenteric Inferior Messenteric Renal Lumbar Testicular/Ovarian	Continuation of thoracic aorta Lab: 345, 348, 349; Lect: 746, 747, 752-755;
R. Axillary	Arm	Subclavian	Ant. & Post. Sides of Circumflex Humoral Brachial & deep brachial	The subclavian becomes the axillary when it reaches the Arm pit region, and the “brachial” in the upper arm Lab: 345; 347 Lect: 745, 746, 750, 751;

R. Brachial	Arm	axillary	Radial artery Ulnar artery	Extension of axillary Lab: 345, 347 Lect: 746, 750, 751;
R. Radial	Arm	Brachial	Forearm/hand	Lab: 345, 347; Lect: 750, 751;
R. Ulnar	Arm	Brachial	Forearm/hand	Lab: 345, 347; Lect: 750, 751;
R & L Dorsalis Pedis	Foot	Anterior tibial	Top of foot	Lab: 349; Lect: 756, 757;
Deep Palmar Arch	Hand	Radial	Policus (artery for thumb)	Also called “Deep Volar”; Lab: 347; Lect: 750, 751;
Circle of Willis	Head	Basilar artery L & R internal carotid	R & L anterior cerebral R & L posterior cerebral	Anastamosis at base of brain (around pituitary). Formed from: Anterior communicating L&R Posterior communicating L&R Posterior cerebral L&R Anterior cerebral Lect: 748, 749;
Basilar	Head	Vertebral arteries	Brain via cerebral and cerebellar arteries	Anastamosis of vertebral arteries INSIDE the skull. Feeds blood to the circle of willis. Lab: 346
R. & L. Anterior Cerebral	Head	Part of Circle of Willis	Brain	Lect: 748, 749;
R. & L Middle Cerebral	Head	Part of Circle of Willis	Brain	Lect: 748, 749;
R. & L Posterior Cerebral	Head	Part of Circle of Willis	Brain	Lect: 748, 749;
R& L Cerebellar	Head	basilar	brain	Lect: 748, 749;
Anterior Communicating	Head	Part of Circle of Willis	Connects left and right sides of circle of willis	Lect: 748, 749;
R & L Post. Communicating	Head	Vertebral and Int. Carotid	Connects left and right sides of circle of willis	Lect: 748, 749;
R. & L Ext. Illiac	Leg	Common Iliac	Anterior Abdomen Leg	Major Branch of common iliac Lab: 349; Lect: 756 & 757;
R. & L. Int. Illiac	Leg	Common Iliac	Gluteal Muscles and Adductor Muscles	Minor Branch of common iliac Lab: 349; Lect: 756 & 757;
R & L Femoral	Leg	External Iliac	Circumflex Femoral Deep Femoral	Continuation of External Iliac Lab: 349; Lect: 756 & 757;

R & L Popliteal	Leg	Femoral	Ant & Post Tibial	Continuation of Femoral on posterior leg Lab: 349; Lect: 756 & 757;
R. & L Ant. Tibial	Leg	Popliteal	extensor muscles of Leg, ankle, foot	Continuation of Polpliteal Lab:389; Lect: 756 & 757;
R & L Post Tibial	Leg	Popliteal	Flexor muscles Leg, ankle, foot	Lab 389; Lect: 756, 757;
R. Common Carotid	Neck	Brachiocephalic Trunk	Internal Carotid External Carotid	Arises in thorax, travels up neck Bifurcates into Int. & Ext. Carotid Lab: 345, 346; Lect: 746, 747, 748, 749;
R internal Carotid	Neck	Common Carotid	Basilar Artery inside skull	Slightly Posterior to Ext. Carotid Supplies blood to circle of willis Lab: 345, 346; Lect: 746, 747, 748, 749;
R external Carotid	Neck	Common Carotid	Head and neck OUTSIDE of the skull	Many branches: e.g. superficial temporal ophthalmic maxillary facial occipital Lab: 345; 346; Lect: 746, 747, 748, 749;
L. Common Carotid	Neck	Aorta	L. External Carotid L Internal Carotid	Lab: 345; 346; Lect: 746, 747, 748, 749;
L. Internal Carotid	Neck	Common Carotid	Brain via Circle of Willis	Lab: 345; 346; Lect: 746, 747, 748, 749;
L. External Carotid	Neck	Common Carotid	Head and neck outside skull	Lab: 345; 346; Lect: 746, 747, 748, 749;
L. Vertebral	Neck	Subclavian	Brain (via basilar)	Lab: 345, 347; Lect: 746, 747, 748, 749;
Right Vertebral	Neck	Subclavian	Brain (via basilar)	Lab: 345, 347; Lect: 746, 747, 748, 749;
Bifurcation of Aorta	Pelvis	Abdominal Aorta	Common Iliacs	Lab: 345, 349; Lect: 746, 747, 755, 756, 756;

R. & L. Common Illiac	Pelvis	Bifurcation of Aorta	Internal Illiac External Illiac	Lab: 345, 349; Lect: 746, 747, 755, 756, 756;
Ascending Aorta	Thorax	Heart	Aortic arch	Lab: 345, 346; Lect: 747
Aortic Arch	Thorax	Ascending aorta	Descending aorta Brachiocephalic trunk Left common carotid Left subclavian	Extension of ascending aorta Lab: 345, 346; Lect: 746, 747, 750;
Brachiocephalic Trunk	Thorax	Aortic Arch	Right Common Carotid Right Subclavian	First of three major branches off aorta Lab: 345, 346; Lect: 746, 747, 750, 751;
R. Subclavian	Thorax	Brachiocephalic trunk	Axillary Right vertebral Right internal mammary Thyrocervical	Major extension of Brachiocephalic. Will become axillary at arm pit region Lab: 345, 347; Lect: 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751;
R Thyrocervical	Thorax	Subclavian	Thyroid gland Muscle around scapula	Starts in thorax, sends branches into neck Lab: 345, 347; Lect: 749, 750, 751;
R. Internal Mammary	Thorax	subclavian	Mammaries Wall of thorax (via intercostals branches)	Also called “internal thoracic” Found inside of rib cage on anterior side Lab: 345, 347; Lect: 751-752
L. Subclavian	Thorax	Aortic Arch	Axillary Vertebral Internal mammary Thyracocervical	Lab 345, 347; Lect: 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751;
L. Thyrocervical	Thorax	Subclavian	Thyroid gland Muscles of scapula	Lab: 346; Lect: 749, 750, 751;
L. Internal Mammary	Thorax	Subclavian	Mammaries Anterior wall of rib cage	Also called “internal thoracic” Found inside of rib cage on anterior side Lab: 345, 347; Lect: 751-752
Descending Thoracic Aorta	Thorax	Aortic Arch	Posterior intercostals	Lect: 746, 750, 751;
R & L Posterior Intercostal	Thorax	Desc. Thoracic Aorta	Muscles of rib cage	Lect: 751