Angiologik™ (Cardiovascular) System Lesson

Building the Cardiovascular System

1) Make a string of red clay to represent a tube called an "artery." One end is slipped under the clavicle. Where the tube lies under the clavicle, it is called the "subclavian a." (a for artery)

2) The cranial end of the tube is rolled over the first rib as if to connect to the heart through the brachiocephalic a.

3) The free end of the artery runs between the shoulder and rib cage to the medial side of the arm, or brachium, where that part of the tube is called the "brachial a."

4) The tube moves diagonally to the middle of the elbow-known as the "cubital fossa," so the tube in this area is called the cubital a." Terminate the tube here.

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5) Form a loop of clay string long enough to reach from the cubital stump to the palm of the hand.

6) Join one end of the loop to the cubital stump, and then run it down the length of the radius as "radial a."

7) Form a loop at the hand at the metacarpals. This loop is known as the deep palmar arch a."

8) Run the free end of the tube back up the arm, but this time on the ulna until it joins the radial a. and the cubital a. This length is called the "ulnar a"

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