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1. As the aorta enters the abdominopelvic cavity, it gives off a pair of ________ that supply the undersurface of the diaphragm.

Splenic arteries
Renal arteries
Inferior phrenic arteries
Suprarenal arteries

2. The aorta travels down the ventral surface of the vertebral column, carrying blood to the posterior abdominal wall via four pairs of:

Splenic arteries
Renal arteries
Inferior phrenic arteries
Lumbar arteries

3. In the lower thigh, the femoral artery passes to the posterior surface of the knee through an opening in the tendon of the adductor magnus muscle, and from that point on its name is the:

Posterior tibial artery
Popliteal artery
Peroneal artery
Anterior tibial artery

4. ________ aneurysms are characterized by a circumferential widening of the aorta.

Aortic
Saccular
Fusiform
Popliteal

5. Arteriosclerosis obliterans is the occlusion of blood supply to the extremities by:

Intermittent claudication
Atheromas
Aortography
Ischemia

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