What is the general term for a large network of blood vessels?

What is the term for the connecting channels between blood vessels?

What type of vessel arises from the heart and carries blood away from it?

What is its branching system?

What type of vessel carries blood to the heart? What is its branching system?

Vein.

Vein -> Venule

What portion of the vascular system is a blood-filled space between two layers of tissue?

What major artery arises from the common carotid and subclavian arteries on the left side of the body?

What is the direct branch from the aorta (on the right side of the body), which then branches into the common carotid and subclavian?

What artery arises directly from the aorta (on the left side of the body) and travels up the neck, lateral to the trachea and larynx?

Which artery arises directly from the aorta (on the left side of the body) and has the upper arm as its main destination?

What are the two major arteries that supply the head and neck?

Where is the most reliable pulse during emergency treatment?

Which artery supplies intracranial structures and is also the source of the ophthalmic artery?

What does the ophthalmic artery supply?

Which artery supplies extracranial tissues of the head and neck including the oral cavity?

What are the major branches of the external carotid artery and how can they be grouped?

Which artery directly supplies tissues to the hyoid bone, infrahyoid muscles, sternocleidomastoid muscle, muscles of larynx, and thyroid gland?

Which artery directly supplies tissues superior to the hyoid bone including the suprahyoid muscles, floor of mouth, and tongue?

Which artery directly supplies mylohyoid muscle, the sublingual salivary gland, mucous membranes of the floor of mouth, and suprahyoid muscles?

Outline the pathway of the facial artery and list its major branches.

Which artery directly supplies the soft palate, palatine muscles, and palatine tonsils?

Which specific artery can be a source of serious hemorrhage if it is injured during a tonsillectomy?

Which artery directly supplies the submandibular lymph nodes, submandibular salivary gland, and mylohyoid and digastric muscles?

Which artery supplies the lower lip tissues and facial expression muscles?

Which artery supplies tissues along the side of the nose (and is the termination of the facial artery)?

Which artery directly supplies pharyngeal walls, soft palate, and meninges of the brain?

Which artery directly supplies suprahyoid muscles, sternocleidomastoid muscles, and scalp and meningeal tissues in the occipital region?

Which arteries directly supply the internal ear and the mastoid ear cells?

Which artery arises within the parotid salivary gland and can be visible in patients under the skin of their face (on the lateral portion of their forehead area)?

Which artery directly supplies the parotid salivary gland and the nearby tissues?

Which artery directly supplies the temporalis muscle?

Which artery directly supplies portions of the scalp in the frontal and parietal regions?

Outline the pathway of the maxillary artery and list the major branches within the infratemporal fossa.

mandibular condyle, between mandible and sphenomandibular ligament through infratemporal fossa ends up in pterygopalatine fossa.

branches withing the infa temporal fossa are: middle meningeal, inferior alveolar artery.

Which artery directly supplies the meninges of the brain located on the inferior surface of the skull, as well as the skull bones?

Which artery directly supplies the floor of the mouth and mylohyoid muscle?

Which artery directly supplies tissues of the chin and with what does it anastomose?

Which artery directly supplies pulp tissue, gingiva, and periodontium of mandibular anterior teeth?

Which artery directly supplies the anterior and posterior portions of the temporalis muscle?

Which artery directly supplies the masseter muscle?

Which artery directly supplies the lateral and medial pterygoid muscles?

Which artery directly supplies the buccinator muscle and soft tissues of the cheek?

Which artery directly supplies pulp tissue, periodontium, and gingiva of posterior maxillary teeth and the maxillary sinus?

Which artery directly supplies the orbital region, face, and anterior maxillary teeth?

Which artery directly supplies the pulp tissue, periodontium, and gingiva of anterior maxillary teeth?

Which arteries directly supply both the hard and soft palates?

Which artery directly supplies the nasal cavity?

Compare veins with arteries.

Which vein begins at the medial corner of the eye and drains into the internal jugular vein?

Which vein directly drains the tissues of the orbit?

Which vein directly drains the upper lip?

Which vein directly drains the lower lip?

Which vein directly drains the tissues of the chin and submandibular region?

Which vein directly drains the dorsal and ventral side of the tongue and floor of the mouth?

How is the retromandibular vein created and what will it form?

Which vein directly drains the lateral scalp?

What is the location of the pterygoid plexus of veins?

With what veins does the pterygoid plexus of veins anastomose?

In general, which veins does the pterygoid plexus of veins drain?

What is the function of the pterygoid plexus of veins?

Where does the pterygoid plexus of veins drain?

Which veins drain blood from the deep portions of the face?

Which vein drains blood from the meninges of the brain?

Which vein drains the pulp tissues of the maxillary teeth and the periodontium of the maxillary teeth including the gingiva?

Which vein drains the pulp tissues of the mandibular teeth and periodontium including the gingiva?

Where are the venous sinuses located?

Where is the cavernous venous sinus located?

With what does the cavernous venous sinus communicate?

Which major vein drains most of the head and neck tissues?

What structures are contained in the carotid sheath?

Which vein is the only vein in the head and neck to have valves near its entry of the subclavian vein?

Which vein begins inferior to the chin and drains into the external jugular vein?

Which vein is formed when the internal jugular vein merges with the subclavian vein?

What do the brachiocephalic veins unite to form?

Which complications can come about as a result of blood vessel lesions?

What is a clot that forms on the inner vessel wall?

What term is used when a clot dislodges from the inner vessel wall and travels as a foreign material in the blood?

What is the term to describe when a large amount of blood escapes the tissue without clotting?

What is the term used to describe when a blood vessel is injured, a small amount of the blood escapes into the surrounding tissues, and a clot forms?

What are the clinical signs of a hematoma?

How does a dental professional prevent blood vessel problems in medically compromised patients?

During what dental injections is the risk of hematoma higher? How is this prevented?