Cat Arteries Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which unpaired branch of the abdominal aorta supplies major foregut organs, including the stomach, liver and spleen?
Renal artery
Celiac artery
Caudal mesenteric artery
External iliac artery
2. The main artery of the thigh is traced caudally into the region behind the stifle. What is its continuation there?
Saphenous artery
Cranial tibial artery
Caudal femoral artery
Popliteal artery
3. Which route carries arterial blood from the aortic arch toward the left forelimb without first passing through the brachiocephalic trunk?
Left common carotid artery
Right subclavian artery
Left external carotid artery
Left subclavian artery
4. Which set names the three principal branches of the celiac artery?
Hepatic, splenic and left gastric arteries
Cranial mesenteric, caudal mesenteric and colic arteries
Internal iliac, external iliac and median sacral arteries
Renal, adrenal and gonadal arteries
5. During a dissection, you trace the left common carotid artery back toward the heart. Which larger vessel does it join first?
Left subclavian artery
Pulmonary trunk
Descending aorta
Brachiocephalic trunk
6. What distinguishes the pulmonary arteries from most other arteries in a healthy cat?
They carry blood toward the heart rather than away from it
They carry deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle toward the lungs
They carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium
They branch directly from the aortic arch
7. A narrowing occurs at the origin of the brachiocephalic trunk. Flow into which set of its primary branches would be most directly affected?
Both subclavian arteries but neither common carotid artery
The left subclavian artery and both common carotid arteries
Both common carotid arteries and the right subclavian artery
The left common carotid and left subclavian arteries only
8. An injury reduces flow through the cranial tibial artery. Which artery on the dorsal surface of the paw is most directly downstream?
Caudal tibial artery
Deep femoral artery
Dorsal pedal artery
Lateral circumflex femoral artery
9. Which pair of vessels normally arises directly from the aortic arch in a cat?
The right and left common carotid arteries
The brachiocephalic trunk and left subclavian artery
The brachiocephalic trunk and right subclavian artery
The left common carotid and left subclavian arteries
10. Contrast enters the ascending aorta immediately after leaving the left ventricle. Which arteries are the first systemic branches it can enter?
Common carotid arteries
Pulmonary arteries
Subclavian arteries
Coronary arteries
11. A vessel is followed from the pelvic cavity into the proximal thigh. What does the external iliac artery become after entering the hindlimb?
Femoral artery
Deep femoral artery
Popliteal artery
Internal iliac artery
12. A vessel passes through the diaphragm at the aortic hiatus. What is the descending aorta called immediately after it enters the abdomen?
Thoracic aorta
Celiac artery
Abdominal aorta
Cranial mesenteric artery
13. While tracing the artery toward a forelimb, you follow the subclavian artery past the first rib. What is the vessel called in the axillary region?
Brachial artery
Median artery
Axillary artery
Superficial cervical artery
14. Which artery is the principal continuation of the axillary artery through the upper forelimb, or brachium?
Median artery
Brachial artery
Radial artery
Common interosseous artery
15. During an abdominal dissection, a paired vessel leaves the aorta laterally and enters a kidney. Which vessel is it?
Renal artery
Cranial mesenteric artery
Celiac artery
Caudal vena cava
16. A catheter enters the brachiocephalic trunk and is directed into the branch serving the right forelimb. Which artery should it enter?
Right subclavian artery
Left subclavian artery
Right common carotid artery
Right external carotid artery