Anatomy Condensed Flashcards
what keeps the diaphragm alive?
- C3,4,5
what is the potential space between the parietal pleura and the visceral pleura called?
- pleural cavity
right lung has how many lobes
- 3
right lung has how many bronchopulmonary segments
- 10
left lung has how many lobes
- 2
left lung has how many bronchopulmonary segments
- 8
which vessels carry blood to the lung for oxygenation
- pulmonary vessels
which vessels supply the actual lung tissue itself
- bronchial vessels
effect of the sympathetic nervous system on the lungs
- bronchodilates
effects of the parasympathetic nervous system on the lungs
- bronchoconstricts
carotid sheath houses which important structures?
- common carotid artery
- internal jugular vein
- vagus nerve
what helps compartmentalize structures int eh neck and form fascial planes that can determine the spread of an infection?
- cervical fascias
cervical plexus consists of which portions
- motor portion
- sensory portion
motor portion of cervical plexus is called what
- ansa cervicalis
motor portion of cervical plexus innervates
- infrahyoid muscles
sensory portion of cervical plexus innervates
- skin and neck/shoulder region
what courses between the anterior and middle scalene muscle
- brachial plexus
- subclavian artery
what courses anterior to the anterior scalene muscle
- subclavian vein
what lies on the anterior surface of the anterior scalene muscle
- phrenic nerve
what does the brachial plexus innervate
- the upper limb
what innervates the SCM and trapezius and can be located within the posterior triangle
- spinal accessory nerve
what can be used as an external barometer to evaluate a patient’s systemic venous pressure
- external jugular vein
