Question

Arteries transport blood away from the heart and veins transport blood toward the heart. using the terms proximal, distal, medial, and lateral, describe blood flow from the heart to the right thumb and back to the heart. in answering this question, keep anatomical position in mind. also, be aware that adding an "ly" to these directional terms changes them from nouns to adjectives.

Answer 1

the systemic circulation of the blood begins in the left ventric.of the heart it s when it s full of blood it gets pumped up into the aorta which is located medial to the lungs with the peek slightly pointed to the left the aorta goes up (the ascendent aorta) 5-6 cm and then it curves and that is the aortic arch . Then upside the aortic arch from right to the left the aorta bifurcates into the left subclavic left carotid and the brachiocephalic trunk which birfucates it s self into the right carotid and right subclavic artery .This right subclavic artery is proximal to the axilar artery and distal to the brahial artery .it bifurcates into the radial artery lateral to the ulnar artery and at the proximal end they become digital arteries.which are the distal segments. Then oxygen is realesed to the cells and the co2 is collected by the superficial veins which are located distal to the inferior cave vein .the veins go up to the deep veins the axilar veins proximal to the surperficial veins( they are closer to the trunk then the superficial veins) and they are distal to the right subclavic vein which unites with the interjugular situated posterior to the subclavic vein and becomes the right brachiocephalic vein which unites with the left brachiocephalic vein and forms the superior cave vein . lateral to the aorta. and it enters the heart and the blood with co2 drains in to the heart the right atrium.