BIOL 121

Visual Guide

The Anatomy
of the
Arteries
Rob Swatski
Assoc. Prof. Biology
Harrisburg Area Community College
York Campus (York, PA)

rjswatsk@hacc.edu
Ascending Aorta

2
Arch of the Aorta

3
Brachiocephalic Trunk (Innominate Artery)

4
Right Common Carotid Artery

5
Left Common Carotid Artery

6
 Left Common
Carotid Artery

7
 Left External
Carotid Artery

8
 Left Internal
Carotid Artery

9
10
Artery
Right Vertebral

Grays Anatomy of the Human Body, 20th Ed. (1918). < http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vertebral_artery.png>
Artery
Right Vertebral
11

Schematic representation of the Circle of Willis. 24 Jan 2007. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Circle_of_Willis_la.svg>

 Schematic representation of the Circle of Willis. 24 Jan 2007. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Circle_of_Willis_la.svg>

12 Artery
Left Vertebral
 Schematic representation of the Circle of Willis. 24 Jan 2007. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Circle_of_Willis_la.svg>

13
Basilar Artery
Schematic representation of the Circle of Willis. 24 Jan 2007. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Circle_of_Willis_la.svg>

Carotid Arteries

14
Internal
Right and Left
Schematic representation of the Circle of Willis. 24 Jan 2007. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Circle_of_Willis_la.svg>

15
Circle of Willis
Right Subclavian Artery

16
Left Subclavian Artery

17
Right Axillary Artery

18
Left Axillary Artery

19
Right Brachial
Artery

20
Right Radial Artery

21
Right Ulnar Artery

22
Right Superficial Palmar Arch

23
Descending (Thoracic) Aorta

24
Right
Intercostal Artery 25
 Left
26 Intercostal Artery
 Left
Superior
27 Phrenic Artery
 Grays Anatomy of the Human Body (1918). <http://www.bartleby.com/107/>

Arteries

28
Phrenic
Inferior
Right and Left
Celiac Trunk

29
 Left Gastric Artery

30
 Splenic Artery

31
Common Hepatic Artery 32
Hepatic Artery Proper 33
Superior Mesenteric Artery 34
 Grays Anatomy of the Human Body (1918). <http://www.bartleby.com/107/>

Arteries

35
Suprarenal
(Adrenal)
Right and Left
Right Renal Artery 36
37 Left Renal Artery
Right Gonadal Artery
(Testicular or Ovarian) 38
 Left Gonadal Artery
39 (Testicular or Ovarian)
Inferior Mesenteric Artery 40
Abdominal (Descending) Aorta 41
Right Common Iliac Artery 42
43 Left Common Iliac Artery
Right Internal Iliac Artery 44
45 Left Internal Iliac Artery
Right External Iliac Artery 46
47 Left External Iliac Artery
48 Left Femoral Artery
Right Popliteal Artery

49
Left Popliteal Artery

50
Right
Anterior
Tibial Artery

51
Left Posterior
Tibial Artery

52
 Grays Anatomy of the Human Body (1918). <http://www.bartleby.com/107/>

Artery
Right Fibular

53
(Peroneal)
Right Dorsal
Artery of the
Foot
(Dorsalis Pedis) 54
 Left Dorsal
Artery of the
Foot
55 (Dorsalis Pedis)
Right Arcuate
Artery 56
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