Assignment: Create a series of flash cards (3x5), colored with the following arteries and veins. Title each card and provide a key to the colors on the back. Then show the direction of circulation through these with red arrows in the arteries and blue arrows in the veins.
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aorta (red) |
subclavian (light green) |
brachiocephalic (light blue) |
superior vena cava (dark blue) |
left and right common carotid (dark green) |
external jugular (purple) |
external carotid (orange) |
internal jugular (green) |
internal carotid (light green) |
pulmonary (light blue) |
subclavian (red) |
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digital (light purple) |
axillary (pink) |
dorsal (light blue) |
brachial (black) |
palmar network (light green) |
radial (brown) |
basilic (light orange) |
ulnar (gray) |
cephalic (blue) |
superficial palmar arch (pink) |
radial (purple) |
deep palmar arch (light blue) |
ulnar (green) |
digital (dark green) |
brachial (dark blue) |
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axillary (gray) |
internal thoracic (orange) |
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anterior and posterior intercostal (light green) |
azygos (orange) |
superior epigastric (red) |
intercostal (gray) |
inferior epigastric (pink) |
thoracoepigastric (light blue) |
celiac (black) |
inferior mesenteric (light green) |
renal (brown) |
superior mesenteric (purple) |
superior mesenteric (gray) |
splenic (dark blue) |
testicular/ ovarian (pink) |
gastric (green) |
inferior mesenteric (blue) |
hepatic portal (yellow) |
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common iliac (light purple) |
common iliac (green) |
inferior vena cava (blue) |
internal iliac (orange) |
renal (black) |
external iliac (light green) |
testicular/ ovarian (pink) |
femoral (red) |
hepatic (brown) |
popliteal (pink) |
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anterior tibial (black) |
digital (gray) |
posterior tibial (brown) |
plantar venous arch (light blue) |
peroneal (gray) |
dorsal venous arch (light purple) |
lateral plantar (red) |
great saphenous (blue) |
arcuate (blue) |
lesser saphenous (green) |
dorsalis pedis (green) |
medial and lateral plantar (light green) |
medial plantar (orange) |
dorsal (brown) |
digital (light green) |
anterior tibial (dark blue) |
pulmonary trunk and arteries (red) |
posterior tibial (dark green) |
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popliteal (dark brown) |
femoral (orange) |
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external iliac (light brown) |
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internal iliac (dark purple) |