91) Emanating from the descending aorta, the vessels that supply blood to the vertebral column area and the body wall are called the ________.

A) superior mesenteric arteries

B) basilar arteries

C) intercostal arteries

D) inferior mesenteric arteries

E) vertebral arteries

92) At the ankle, the anterior tibial artery becomes the ________ artery.

A) dorsalis pedis

B) popliteal

C) dorsal arch

D) fibular

E) plantar arch

93) The internal iliac artery supplies the ________.

A) lower limb

B) smaller arteries of the pelvis

C) spinal cord and the abdominal wall

D) adrenal glands

E) kidneys

94) Surgeons often use segments of the ________ as a bypass vessel during coronary bypass surgery.

A) femoral vein

B) internal iliac vein

C) posterior tibial vein

D) popliteal vein

E) great saphenous vein

95) The ________ is the vessel from which venous blood samples are typically collected.

A) basilic vein

B) median cubital vein

C) brachial vein

D) radial vein

E) ulnar vein

96) Most of the blood leaving the brain passes through one of the dural sinuses and leaves the skull in one of the ________, descending parallel to the common carotid artery in the neck.

A) external jugular veins

B) superior sagittal sinuses

C) vertebral veins

D) internal jugular veins

E) cephalic veins

97) On their way toward the liver, veins from the spleen, the lateral border of the stomach, and the pancreas fuse with the inferior mesenteric veins, forming the ________.

A) gastric vein

B) splenic vein

C) superior mesenteric vein

D) cystic vein

E) hepatic vein

98) The pulse point that is palpated on the lateral wrist is actually the location of which of the following?

A) axillary artery

B) radial artery

C) ulnar artery

D) superficial palmar arch

E) cubital artery

99) Considering the arterial supply to the brain, the basilar artery immediately gives rise to the ________ arteries.

A) vertebral

B) anterior cerebral

C) external carotid

D) internal carotid

E) posterior cerebral

100) The palmar venous arches drain into the ________, which is superficial and runs along the medial upper limb.

A) digital vein

B) cephalic vein

C) axillary vein

D) brachial vein

E) basilic vein