Vascular Anatomy Navigator: Arteries & Veins

Vessels by region

Vessel descriptions are being reviewed by a physician.

Brain (32)

Ophthalmic artery · Anterior cerebral artery · Anterior communicating artery · Middle cerebral artery · Lenticulostriate arteries · Anterior choroidal artery · Posterior communicating artery · Anterior spinal artery · Posterior spinal artery · Posterior inferior cerebellar artery · Basilar artery · Anterior inferior cerebellar artery · Pontine arteries · Superior cerebellar artery · Posterior cerebral artery · Superior sagittal sinus · Inferior sagittal sinus · Straight sinus · Confluence of sinuses · Transverse sinus · Sigmoid sinus · Cavernous sinus · Superior petrosal sinus · Inferior petrosal sinus · Great cerebral vein · Internal cerebral veins · Basal vein · Superficial middle cerebral vein · Superior anastomotic vein · Inferior anastomotic vein · Superior cerebral veins · Superior ophthalmic vein

Head and neck (48)

Common carotid artery · Internal carotid artery · External carotid artery · Superior thyroid artery · Ascending pharyngeal artery · Superior laryngeal artery · Lingual artery · Facial artery · Submental artery · Inferior labial artery · Superior labial artery · Angular artery · Occipital artery · Posterior auricular artery · Maxillary artery · Middle meningeal artery · Inferior alveolar artery · Deep temporal arteries · Masseteric artery · Buccal artery · Posterior superior alveolar artery · Infraorbital artery · Superficial temporal artery · Middle temporal artery · Supraorbital artery · Supratrochlear artery · Dorsal nasal artery · Vertebral artery · Thyrocervical trunk · Inferior thyroid artery · Transverse cervical artery · Suprascapular artery · Costocervical trunk · Dorsal scapular artery · Internal jugular vein · External jugular vein · Anterior jugular vein · Retromandibular vein · Superficial temporal vein · Maxillary vein · Posterior auricular vein · Occipital vein · Facial vein · Angular vein · Lingual vein · Superior thyroid vein · Middle thyroid vein · Vertebral vein

Chest (18)

Ascending aorta · Aortic arch · Descending thoracic aorta · Brachiocephalic trunk · Subclavian artery · Internal thoracic artery · Posterior intercostal arteries · Bronchial arteries · Esophageal arteries · Pulmonary trunk · Right and left pulmonary arteries · Superior vena cava · Brachiocephalic veins · Subclavian vein · Azygos vein · Hemiazygos vein · Posterior intercostal veins · Pulmonary veins

Heart (14)

Right coronary artery · Right marginal artery · Posterior descending artery · Left main coronary artery · Left anterior descending artery · Diagonal branches · Circumflex artery · Obtuse marginal branches · Coronary sinus · Great cardiac vein · Middle cardiac vein · Small cardiac vein · Posterior vein of the left ventricle · Oblique vein of the left atrium

Arm and hand (38)

Axillary artery · Thoracoacromial artery · Lateral thoracic artery · Subscapular artery · Thoracodorsal artery · Circumflex scapular artery · Anterior circumflex humeral artery · Posterior circumflex humeral artery · Brachial artery · Deep brachial artery · Radial collateral artery · Middle collateral artery · Superior ulnar collateral artery · Inferior ulnar collateral artery · Radial artery · Radial recurrent artery · Superficial palmar branch of radial artery · Ulnar artery · Anterior ulnar recurrent artery · Posterior ulnar recurrent artery · Common interosseous artery · Anterior interosseous artery · Posterior interosseous artery · Deep palmar branch of ulnar artery · Superficial palmar arch · Deep palmar arch · Palmar metacarpal arteries · Common palmar digital arteries · Proper palmar digital arteries · Axillary vein · Cephalic vein · Accessory cephalic vein · Basilic vein · Median cubital vein · Median antebrachial vein · Brachial veins · Radial veins · Ulnar veins

Abdomen (41)

Abdominal aorta · Inferior phrenic arteries · Superior suprarenal arteries · Celiac trunk · Left gastric artery · Splenic artery · Short gastric arteries · Left gastro-omental artery · Common hepatic artery · Proper hepatic artery · Right hepatic artery · Left hepatic artery · Cystic artery · Right gastric artery · Gastroduodenal artery · Right gastro-omental artery · Superior pancreaticoduodenal arteries · Superior mesenteric artery · Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery · Middle colic artery · Right colic artery · Ileocolic artery · Jejunal and ileal arteries · Marginal artery · Middle suprarenal arteries · Renal arteries · Inferior suprarenal arteries · Gonadal arteries · Lumbar arteries · Inferior mesenteric artery · Left colic artery · Sigmoid arteries · Superior rectal artery · Inferior vena cava · Hepatic veins · Inferior phrenic veins · Renal veins · Suprarenal veins · Gonadal veins · Lumbar veins · Ascending lumbar veins

Portal system (18)

Portal vein · Splenic vein · Superior mesenteric vein · Inferior mesenteric vein · Left gastric vein · Short gastric veins · Right gastro-omental vein · Left gastro-omental vein · Right colic vein · Middle colic vein · Ileocolic vein · Jejunal and ileal veins · Left colic vein · Sigmoid veins · Superior rectal vein · Pancreaticoduodenal veins · Cystic vein · Paraumbilical veins

Pelvis (29)

Median sacral artery · Common iliac arteries · Internal iliac artery · Anterior division of the internal iliac artery · Posterior division of the internal iliac artery · Iliolumbar artery · Lateral sacral arteries · Superior gluteal artery · Inferior gluteal artery · Obturator artery · Umbilical artery · Superior vesical artery · Inferior vesical artery · Prostatic arteries · Uterine artery · Vaginal artery · Middle rectal artery · Internal pudendal artery · Inferior rectal artery · External iliac artery · Inferior epigastric artery · Deep circumflex iliac artery · Common iliac veins · Median sacral vein · Internal iliac vein · External iliac vein · Inferior epigastric veins · Pampiniform venous plexus · Uterine veins

Leg and foot (48)

Common femoral artery · Superficial epigastric artery · Superficial circumflex iliac artery · External pudendal arteries · Deep femoral artery · Medial circumflex femoral artery · Lateral circumflex femoral artery · Perforating arteries · Superficial femoral artery · Descending genicular artery · Popliteal artery · Genicular arteries · Sural arteries · Anterior tibial artery · Anterior tibial recurrent artery · Anterior medial malleolar artery · Anterior lateral malleolar artery · Dorsalis pedis artery · Arcuate artery · Dorsal metatarsal arteries · Dorsal digital arteries · Deep plantar artery · Tibioperoneal trunk · Posterior tibial artery · Peroneal artery · Medial plantar artery · Lateral plantar artery · Plantar arch · Plantar metatarsal arteries · Plantar digital arteries · Lateral tarsal artery · Medial tarsal arteries · Common femoral vein · Femoral vein · Deep femoral vein · Great saphenous vein · Superficial epigastric vein · Superficial circumflex iliac vein · External pudendal veins · Small saphenous vein · Perforating veins · Popliteal vein · Anterior tibial veins · Posterior tibial veins · Peroneal veins · Dorsal venous arch of the foot · Dorsal metatarsal veins · Dorsal digital veins

Common questions

How do I use the vascular anatomy navigator?

Pick a map (abdomen, pelvis, leg, foot, head and neck from the front or side, brain arteries, or brain veins from the side or from above), then tap any artery or vein. Its card shows where it comes from, what it supplies or drains, its branches and why it matters in interventional radiology. Search finds any of the vessels by name.

How can I quiz myself on vascular anatomy?

Switch to Find it to be given a vessel name and tap it on the map, or to Name it to identify a highlighted vessel. Vessels you miss come back sooner until you know them.

What is the difference between an artery and a vein?

Arteries carry blood away from the heart, and veins carry it back. The pulmonary arteries are the exception in color terms: they carry blood low in oxygen to the lungs. On the maps arteries are red, systemic veins blue and the portal system purple.

Which vessels matter most in interventional radiology?

The access vessels (common femoral and radial arteries, internal jugular and common femoral veins), the visceral arteries treated with embolization (hepatic, splenic, gastroduodenal, uterine and prostatic arteries), the iliac veins in May–Thurner syndrome and the portal vein in TIPS.