VEIN & LYMPHATIC SYSTEM LAB SHEET

1. This vein is the most superficial vein in the arm and is usually visible in body builders ___
2. The ulna and radial veins are named according to the bones they run parallel to. When the ulna and radial veins converge, they form a vein called?

___.

3. The _ vein extends like a seat belt from the humerus to the radius. It is also the preferred site for blood draws in the hospital.
4. The median cubital and basilic veins converge to form the _ vein?
5. Three major veins branch off the external iliac vein. Name them

a. b. _ c. _

6. The brachial and basilic veins converge together to form the __ vein
7. The cephalic and axillary veins converge together to form the __________vein?
8. The _, ___ & __ veins branch off the brachiocephalic vein and are responsible for draining the cephalic region
9. The liver is the only digestive organ that drains directly into the inferior vena cava. The hepatic portal system is responsible for draining blood from the capillaries of digestive organs into its sinusoids. A blood vessel connecting two capillary beds is called a _____
10. The _ , __, and veins drain into the femoral vein.
11. This very long vein is harvested and grafted during coronary by-pass surgeries.

12. Blood from non-digestive organs drain directly into the inferior vena cava. However, blood from digestive organs drain into the liver via the hepatic portal system in-lieu of the inferior vena cava. In your own words, explain why this happens?__________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
13. The thoracic duct is a lymphatic vessel that drains blood from the _________ into the _
14. The right lymphatic duct is a blood vessel that drains blood from the ____ into the __
15. Small lymphatic vessels responsible for draining the lower extremities drain into the right & left lumbar & intestinal trunks which drain into a sac like lymphatic vessel called the __. As this vessel moves superiorly through an opening called the aortic hiatus it becomes the thoracic duct.