NURS 106 Lecture 30: Bloodflow Throughout the Body
27 Nov 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
*the pulmonary circuit is the only time arteries carry deoxygenated blood while veins carry oxygenated blood: systemic circuit blood leaves left ventricle via the ascending aorta . Brings blood into the face branches off into anterior cerebral artery branches off into middle cerebral artery (biggest artery in the brain) *is also the most common site for strokes (cerebral vascular accidents) *vertebral artery also brings blood supply to the brain, travelling through the vertical foramen in the cervical spine. (near the brainstem) branches off into basilar artery . Branches off into posterior cerebral artery basilar artery anterior communicating arteries . The circular arteries of the anterior and posterior communicating arteries. *anterior cerebral, middle cerebral and posterior cerebral are the 3 main arteries of the brain. Branches off from the abdominal aorta. Left gastric, splenic, common hepatic (liver) Branches off from from the celiac trunk branches off into renal arteries renal arteries branch off into inferior mesenteric.
