The most noted of the patroons became the founders of the great families, afterward so prominent in New York -- the Van Rensselaers, the Schuylers, the Livingstons, and others.2 The company and patroons were soon quarreling, and the dispute was carried to the States-General.
Like in the forearm, the arm is drained by the brachial veins (deep veins that accompany the brachial artery) and all its branches. In addition, the basilic and cephalic veins course upwards through the subcutaneous tissue and drain the superficial regions of the arm.
Answer by Jennifer Pramuk. Confidence votes 72. The ventricles of the heart function to pump blood to the entire body. Right ventricle: receives blood from the right atrium and pumps it to the pulmonary artery (to lungs). Left ventricle: receives blood from left atrium and pumps to aorta (to rest of body).