Transcript SMA and IMA

Playing Create a Lesion:
• If you block one artery or vein, the body is full of
backup routes to get around the blockage!
• Applies to both the arterial aystem and the venous
system
Beginning with the…
Arterial System: Only one valve in the Arterial
System = Aortic Valve
Pictures below are taken from Netter, I apologize for not having the corresponding plates for Grant or Clemente
SMA and IMA
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Block the middle colic Artery: Will
it Die?
NO! The right colic artery forms an
ARCADE and anastamoses with
the middle colic artery and will
allow for blood to perfuse the parts
of the intestine supplied by the
blocked right colic; similarly, the
ileocolic artery anastameses with
the right colic.
Block the whole SMA…
And the Inferior Mesenteric Artery
will anastamose with the arcades of
the SMA via the MARGINAL
BRANCH (off the ascending IMA)
Netter, plate 287
Celiac Trunk
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Block the Splenic Artery: Will the Spleen Die?
NO! blood can follow the common hepatic
trunk-> gastroduodenal a. -> right
gastroepiploic a.-> left gastroepiploic a. ->
splenic a.and the short gastric arteries.
Block the gastroduodenal a. Will the greater
curvature die?
NO! Reverse of above.
Block the gastroduodenal and splenic a. Will
the greater curvature die?
NO! Left gastric a. anastamoses at the fundus
of the stomach with the short gastric arteries
off the splenic; gastroepiploics can then deliver
to the gastroduodenal.
If the entire celiac trunk is blocked?
Pancreatico-duodenal arteries connect the
system to the SMA!! The Ant. and Post.
SUPERIOR pancreatico-duodenal arteries
branch from the gastroduodenal a. and the Ant.
and Post. INFERIOR pancreatico-duodenal
arteries branch off the SMA to all anastamose.
Netter, plate 282
Connecting the Thorax and the Abdomen
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Assuming the abdominal aorta has been blocked
there are two routes…
L. Common Carotid a.
R. Common Carotid a.
L. Subclavian a.
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Anterior Wall
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Aorta feeds the subclavians -> internal
thoracic arteries (run in the superficial fascia
just inferior and lateral to the sternum) ->
superior epigastric arteries (simply a name
change of the internal throacics at the
diaphragm) -> inferior epigastrics -> external
iliac -> common iliac -> abdominal aorta
Posterior Wall
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Aorta feeds the subclavians -> vertebral
and cervical (ascending and deep) arteries which
meet in the neck -> anterior and posterior spinal
arteries which run down the spine -> send off
intercostals branches, lumbar arteries, sacral
arteries -> internal iliac arteries -> common iliac
arteries -> abdominal aorta
Netter plates 248, 176 may help with A. Netter 218, 219 may help with B.
R. Subclavian a.
To the heart
Internal Thoracic
Artery
Superior Epigastric
Artery
Common Iliac A.
Inferior EpiGastric Artery
External Iliac A.
Internal Iliac a.
Absolutely no credit can be given for this drawing
Venous System: 2 flavors -> Caval and Portal
See problems because the lymphatics accompany the venous system closely.
The lymphatics collect the junk out of the blood and increase the likelihood of
infection, cancer etc. Cancerous lymph nodes or inflamed swollen lymph
nodes will apply pressure to surrounding tissue; since veins are thin walled
they are more likely than arteries to be compressed.
Also, hepatic dysfunction can lead to novel and abnormal venous return
1. caval venous system: connections with-in one area (abdomen)
or between two area (abdomen and thorax) mirror the arterial
system
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If the IVC is blocked? Will you die?
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NO! you can use vessels of the anterior or posterior wall
2. Portal Venous system: drains the mesentery system and filters
through the liver
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If blocked before the liver it will follow the above
3.Portal caval shunts for when the liver is not working properly:
decreased portal venous return, increased venous pressure in
the mesentery
a. gastric veins (caval) to esophageal veins (portal)
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pathological presentation: esophageal verices -> can
result in acute hemorrhage
b. Recanulization of the ligamentum teres
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pathological presentation: capitas medusae
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ligamentum teres (caval) anastamoses with epigastric
veins (portal) at umbilicus
c. Superior Rectal vein (off SMA, portal) neovascularizes
with Middle and Inferior Rectal Veins (off IVC, caval)
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pathological presentation is hemorrhoids
d. left splenic vein (of portal system) to left renal vein (of
caval system )
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splenorenal ligament recanulizes
e. lumbar plexus of veins (with cxn to azygous and the SVC)
neovascularizes to SMV and IMV
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neovascularization between colonic venous plexus and
lumbar venous plexus
Netter, Plate 293