Anatomy Flashcards
at level c6 vertebrae
Larynx becomes trachea
Pharynx becomes oesophagus
Thorax
Chest Walls and Chest Cavity
Chest walls
Protect heart and lungs
Make movement of breathing
Breast tissue
Chest Cavity
Within chest walls
Contains vital organs
Contains major vessels and nerves
Consists of mediastinum and right and left pleural cavities
Embryonic Lung Development
- Lung Bud
- Pushes from mediastinum
- Covered in pleura
- Parietal pleura on wall
- Visceral pleura on lungs
- Reflect on lung roots
Lung lobe
Area of lung that each of the lobar bronchi supply with air
Right - upper, lower, middle
Left - Upper, lower
Lobes separated by fissures
Bronchopulmonary segment
Area of lung lobe that each of the segmental bronchi supply with air
Each lung has 10 segments
Costovertebral joints
Limited movement
Muscles of breathing
External intercostal muscles
Internal intercostal muscles
Innermost intercostal muscles
Intercostal spaces
11 pairs
Each contains a neurovascular bundle between internal and innermost intercostal muscle
Nerve supply of intercostal space
anterior ramus of spinal nerve
Posterior blood supply of intercostal spaces
Arterial = thoracic aorta Venous = azygous vein
Anterior blood supply of intercostal spaces
Arterial = internal thoracic artery Venous = internal thoracic vein
Phrenic nerves that keep diaphragm alive
C3,4,5
Where is the middle lobe auscultated
Between right ribs 4 and 6
Site of lung apex
Superior to the clavicle
Where is the lung base auscultated
T11 vertebrae
Contains hyaline cartilage and is surrounded by the arch of the azygous vein
Right main bronchus
Anatomy of coughing
- Sensors throughout resp tract
- CNS responds rapidly
- Deep inspiration
- Adduction of vocal cords to close rima glottis
- Contraction of abdominal wall muscles
- Build up of pressure
- Vocal cords abduct to open rima glottides
- Soft palette tenses and elevates to close off entrance to nasopharynx (cough not sneeze)