Identify the major arterial vessel which gives rise to all major arteries except those that supply the lungs
A) celiac trunk
B) pulmonary trunk
C) ligamentum arteriosum
D) precava
E) aorta
E
Explanation:
A) The celiac trunk is the first arterial branch off the abdominal aorta.
B) The pulmonary trunk branches into the right and left pulmonary arteries that carry blood to the lungs.
C) The ligamentum arteriosum is a remnant of fetal circulation from when the pulmonary trunk was connected to the aorta by a vessel called the ductus arteriosus.
D) The precava (superior vena cava in humans) is the large vessel that drains blood from the head, neck, and forelimbs to the right atrium.
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