Chapter 21, Problem 21.3.1AYLO

To test your knowledge, discuss the following topics with a study partner or in writing ideally from memory.

21.3 Systemic Vessels of the Axial Region

1. The three principal regions of the aortaascending aorta, aortic arch, and descending aorta the principial arteries that arise from the first two, the distinction between the thoracic and abdominal aorta; and how the aorta ends (table 21.1)