The Lungs Questions & Answers

1.  The aorta arches over the pulmonary trunk. True or false?
          True

2.  What is the middle artery that branches off of the aorta?
          The left common carotid artery

3.  What artery joins the base of the brain? The external carotid artery or the internal carotid artery?
          The internal carotid artery

4.  Why is the “subclavian” artery called the subclavian artery?
          Because it runs underneath the clavicle bone

5.  What does the subclavian artery become near the armpit area?
          The axillary artery

6.  The brachial artery runs down which bone?
          The humerus

7.  What two arteries does the brachial artery branch into?
          The radial artery and the ulnar artery

8.  Which of these arteries goes to the thumb?
          The radial artery

9.  Which arteries run through the pelvic region?
          The iliac arteries

10.  What arteries run down parallel to the femur bone
          The femoral arteries

11.  What arteries run down the front and back of the shin bones (tibia)?
          The anterior and posterior tibial arteries

12.  Name two arteries that can be used to check a subject’s pulse?
          The carotid artery and the radial artery