Lecture 8

Question 1

Location of the abdominal aorta in abdomen

Answer 1

T12 - aortic hiatus beginning

L4 - splits into iliac arteries

Question 2

Paired branches of abdominal aorta

Answer 2

Inferior phrenic 
Suprarenal arteries 
Renal arteries
Gonadal arteries 
4 lumbar branches

Question 3

Abdominal vena cava dimensions

Answer 3

Begins- L5
- joining of the common iliac veins

Ends- T8
- passes through the diaphragm

Question 4

Coeliac trunk branches

Answer 4

1. Splenic artery
2. Left gastric artery
3. Common hepatic a

Question 5

Coeliac trunk vertebral level

Answer 5

T12

Question 6

Level of superior mesenteric artery

Answer 6

L1

Question 7

Branches of the superior mesenteric a

Answer 7

• pancreaticoduodenal artery
• jejunal artery
• ileal artery
• ileo-colic artery
• midcolic artery