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Vessels
Blood vessels form the transport network of the cardiovascular system. Arteries carry blood away from the heart and branch into progressively smaller vessels to reach every region, while veins return blood toward the heart, often running alongside the arteries they mirror.
Every vessel in the AnatoMemory reference is listed below, grouped by body region. Each card covers the vessel's origin, course, major branches or tributaries, and the territory it supplies or drains.
28 vessels, grouped by region
Upper limb
5Lower limb
8- Anterior tibial arteryAnterior compartment of the leg
- Deep femoral (profunda femoris) arteryChief supply of the thigh
- Dorsalis pedis arteryArtery of the dorsum of the foot
- External iliac arteryBecomes the femoral artery
- Femoral arteryMain artery of the lower limb
- Great saphenous veinLongest vein in the body
- Popliteal arteryArtery behind the knee
- Posterior tibial arteryPosterior compartment of the leg
Trunk
10- AortaThe body's main artery
- Celiac trunkArtery of the foregut
- Common iliac arteryTerminal branch of the aorta
- Hepatic portal veinCarries gut blood to the liver
- Inferior mesenteric arteryArtery of the hindgut
- Inferior vena cavaDrains the lower body
- Internal iliac arteryMain artery of the pelvis
- Pulmonary trunkCarries deoxygenated blood to the lungs
- Superior mesenteric arteryArtery of the midgut
- Superior vena cavaDrains the upper body