Anatomy Flashcards
(T/F) The pericardium is a serous lined sac within which lies the heart.
True
Between which two layers of pericardium is the pericardial cavity found?
Visceral and parietal serous pericardium
What is the layer of pericardium that surrounds the heart and serous pericardium?
Fibrous pericardium
(T/F) The pericardial mediastinal pleura lines the thoracic cavity and covers the mediastinal contents and is a part of the pericardium.
F, not apart of the pericardium
What is another name for the visceral serous pericardium?
Epicardium
What is found in the intercostal spaces?
Internal intercostal muscle, external intercostal muscle, intercostal artery, vein, and nerve
What is the mediastinum?
Space between the right and left pleural cavities
What is the ligament that connects the diaphragm to the pericardium that is present in carnivores?
Phrenicopericardial ligament
The sternopericardial ligament connects what to the pericardium in large animals?
Sternum
What does the pericardial ligament blend with caudally in birds to form the hepatopericardial ligament?
Hepatic mesentery
(T/F) The heart lies partially right of the midline in quadrupeds
F, left
Listed below are the intercostal spaces that correlate to the position of the heart in certain species, give the species for the ICS listed.
a. ICS 4-7
b. ICS 2-5
c. ICS 3-6
d. ICS 2-6
ICS 4-7 (Feline)
ICS 2-5 (Cattle)
ICS 3-6 (Canine)
ICS 2-6 (Horse)
What maintains the direction of blood flow in veins?
Valves
What is the direction of blood flow in arteries dependent on?
Pressure gradient
(T/F) Oxygenation or deoxygenation of the blood contained within them does not differentiate between arteries and veins.
True
The atrial side of the heart is the (right/left) side and the auricular side of the heart is the (right/left) side.
Right, left
What two septums divide the right and left sides of the heart?
Interatrial and interventricular septums
Which ventricle of the heart lies more cranially which allows for observation of enlargement of this ventricle on lateral radiographs?
Right ventricle
What is the purpose of the intravenous tubercle located in the right atrium?
Reduction of turbulence of the blood entering the right atrium
The coronary sinus is the dilation of the great cardiac vein and the opening of the coronary sinus is visible where in the right atrium?
Ventral to the opening of the caudal vena cava into the right atrium
What is the common name for the right atrioventricular valve?
Tricuspid valve
What are the two common names for the left atrioventricular valve?
Mitral or bicuspid valve
What is the difference between the parietal and septal cusps of the atrioventricular valves?
Parietal - attaches to the wall of the ventricles, septal - attaches to the septum of the ventricles
What do the chordae tendineae connect?
AV valve leaflets and papillary muscles
(T/F) When the myocardium contracts during systole, the papillary muscles also contract which tenses the chordae tendineae. This tensing helps hold valve leaflets closed against backflow that can be created during ventricular contraction
True
What is the name for the band of tissue that extends from the interventricular septum to the free ventricular wall that contains both myocardial tissue and nerve conduction fibers typically only found in the right ventricle?
Trabecula septomarginalis
What is the anatomical name for the semilunar valve located in the right ventricle?
Pulmonic/pulmonary valve
What is the anatomical name for the semilunar valve located in the left ventricle?
Aortic valve
(T/F) There is no chordae tendineae associated with the semilunar valves.
True
What are the small dilations just distal to the valve cusps of the aortic valve where the coronary arteries arise?
Aortic sinuses
Listed below are the steps of the cardiac cycle, put them in the correct order starting from the ventricles relaxing.
A) Atria contract
B) Atrial and ventricular filling
C) Ventricles relax
D) Aortic and pulmonary valves close, AV valves open
E) Ventricular contraction AV valves close, aortic/pulmonary valves open
C, D, B, A, E
Which node lies in the right atrial wall near the coronary sinus?
Sinuatrial node
Where is the atrioventricular node located?
In the interatrial septum just dorsal to the ventricles
Give the name of the valve you would be listening to if you were to place your stethoscope at the location listed below.
a. Left side, ICS 3
b. Right side, ICS 4
c. Left side, ICS 4
d. Left side, ICS 5
Left side, ICS 3 (Pulmonic valve)
Right side, ICS 4 (Right AV valve/tricuspid)
Left side, ICS 4 (Aortic valve)
Left side, ICS 5 (Left AV valve/mitral/bicuspid)
What sound is associated with AV valve closure when listening to the heart?
“Lub”
What sound is associated with semilunar valve closure when listening to the heart?
“Dub”
Which groove of the heart is located on the auricular/left side of the heart?
Paraconal interventricular groove
Which groove of the heart is located on the atrial/right side of the heart?
Subsinuousal interventricular groove
Listed below are different areas of the body that are drained by the great veins of the heart, give the associated great vein.
a. Head, neck, and thoracic limbs
b. Chest, abdomen, and pelvic limbs
c. Dorsal body wall, dorsal intercostal spaces
a. Head, neck, and thoracic limbs (Cranial vena cava)
b. Chest, abdomen, and pelvic limbs (Caudal vena cava)
c. Dorsal body wall, dorsal intercostal spaces (Azygous)
What is the outflow vessel of the right ventricle, where does it go, and is the blood it carries oxygenated or not?
Pulmonary artery, lungs, not oxygenated
What are the inflow vessels of the left atrium and is the blood they carry oxygenated or not?
Pulmonary veins, oxygenated
What is the outflow vessel of the left ventricle, where does it go, and is the blood it carries oxygenated or not?
Aorta, body, oxygenated
Where do the circumflex branches of the right and left coronary arteries run?
Coronary groove
From what artery does the paraconal interventricular branch arise shortly after it enters the coronary groove?
Circumflex branch of the left coronary artery
In which species does the subsinuosal interventricular artery arise from the left coronary artery?
Carnivore, ruminant
In which species does the subsinuosal interventricular artery arise from the right coronary artery?
Equine, pig
With which grooves of the heart is the great cardiac vein associated?
Paraconal interventricular and coronary grooves
Which groove is the middle cardiac vein associated with?
Subsinuousal interventricular groove
What is the dilation at the termination of the great cardiac vein that opens into the right atrium?
Coronary sinus
What drains lymph from the abdominal and thoracic cavities, travels along the dorsal aspect of the descending aorta, and drains into the left brachiocephalic vein?
Thoracic duct
What is the ligamentum arteriosum, a fibrous band between the pulmonary trunk and the aorta, a remnant of?
Ductus arteriosus
Where does the trachea begin and end?
Begins at the caudal end of the larynx, ends at the bifurcation into bronchi at the lungs
What are the two portions of the trachea?
Cervical and thoracic
What type of cartilage form the rings that comprise the mammalian trachea?
Hyaline cartilage
(T/F) The cartilage rings that comprise the trachea are ‘incomplete’
True
What muscle closes the trachea on the dorsal surface?
Trachealis muscle
The smooth muscle that closes the trachea on the dorsal surface contracts/relaxes during coughing to create a narrower airway and increase the speed of airflow.
Contracts
What are the cartilaginous rings that form the trachea held together by?
Tracheal ligaments
What side of the trachea is the esophagus located in the cervical region?
Left
Besides the cervical region, what is the location of the esophagus in relation to the trachea?
Dorsal
(T/F) The thoracic cavity is considered the area defined by the ribs.
F, diaphragm is the caudal border
What is the name for the thickened cartilage at the midline where the trachea divides into the two main bronchi?
Carina
(T/F) Each lung lobe has one lobar bronchi associated with it which branches off of a principal bronchi.
True
What are the lobes and parts of the right lung?
Cranial lobe, middle lobe, caudal lobe, and accessory lobe
What are the lobes and parts of the left lung?
Cranial part of cranial lobe, caudal part of cranial lobe, caudal lobe
Which of the cranial notches (left or right) is generally larger?
Left
n what species is the mediastinum complete so that when air or fluid is introduced into one side of the thoracic cavity, it does not affect the other side?
Cow
(T/F) Each lung has its own individual pleural sac.
True
What is the term for the extension of the pleural cavity cranial to the thoracic inlet which is typically more prominent on the right side in the horse?
Cupula pleura
What nerve innervates the diaphragm?
Phrenic nerve
Contraction/relaxation of the diaphragm during active inhalation results in negative pressure within the thorax which draws air into the lungs.
Contraction
The diaphragm has three ports through which structures pass from the thorax to the abdomen or vice versa, list them from dorsal to ventral.
a. Esophageal hiatus
b. Aortic hiatus
c. Caval foramen
B, A, C
Listed below are the three ports of the diaphragm, list the structure(s) that pass through them.
a. Aortic hiatus
b. Esophageal hiatus
c. Caval foramen
a. Aortic hiatus (Aorta, azygous vein, thoracic duct)
b. Esophageal hiatus (Esophagus and vagus nerve)
c. Caval foramen (Caudal vena cava)
(T/F) The cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and the nerves of the autonomic nervous system are all a part of the peripheral nervous system.
True
Where are the cell bodies for the sympathetic nervous system located?
Thoracic and lumbar regions of the spinal cord
Where are the cell bodies of the parasympathetic nervous system located?
Brain and lumbar regions of the spinal cord
(T/F) The intercostal nerves are the dorsal branch of each thoracic spinal nerve.
F, ventral
The phrenic nerve runs dorsal/ventral to the root of the lung.
Ventral
What anatomical structure does the right phrenic nerve travel alongside?
Caudal vena cava
The left phrenic nerve travels within what?
Left mediastinal pleura
What cranial nerve (give number and name) gives parasympathetic innervation to the thorax?
Vagus nerve, CN X
What is the vagus nerve contained in as it travels from the brain to the thorax and what accompanies it?
Carotid sheath, common carotid artery
What nerves does the vagus nerve provide of which the left curves cranially around the aortic arch and the right curves cranially around the right subclavian artery?
Recurrent laryngeal nerves
What nerves provide motor innervation to the larynx?
Recurrent laryngeal nerves
What fuse to form the dorsal vagal trunk?
Right and left dorsal branches of the vagus nerve; same occurs for ventral vagal trunk
Where do the dorsal and ventral vagal trunks pass through the diaphragm to enter the abdomen?
Esophageal hiatus