Axilla

Question 0

What is the apex of the axilla?

Answer 0

Cervico-axillary canal

Question 1

Allixa is a passageway for what?

Answer 1

Vessels and nerves going to and from the upper limb

Question 2

What are the boundaries of the cervico-axillary canal?

Answer 2

1st rib, clavicle, superior edge of the scapula

Question 3

What makes up the wall of the axilla?

Answer 3

Pectoralis major and minor and the pectoral and clavipectoral fascia

Question 4

What is the inferiormost part of the posterior wall that may be grasped?

Answer 4

Posterior axillary Fold

Question 5

What is the posterior wall of the axilla?

Answer 5

Scapula and Subscapularis on its anterior surface and inferiorly by the teres major and latissimus dorsi?

Question 6

What is the inferiormost part of the anterior wall?

Answer 6

Anterior axillary fold

Question 7

What does the medial wall of the axilla consists of?

Answer 7

Thoracic Wall and the overlying serratus anterior

Question 8

What makes up the lateral wall of the axilla?

Answer 8

Narrow bony wall formed by the intertubercular sulcus of the humerus

Question 9

What artery begins at the lateral border of the 1st rib?

Answer 9

Axillary Artery

Question 10

Where does the axillary artery continue?

Answer 10

Subclavian

Question 11

Where does the axilla artery end?

Answer 11

Inferior border of the teres major

Question 12

What does the axillary artery become?

Answer 12

Brachial Artery

Question 13

First part of axillary nerve is between lateral border of 1st rib and medial border of pec. major and has how many branches?

Answer 13

1 branch – thoracic artery

Question 14

Second part of axillary artery lies posterior to Pectoralis minor and has what two branches?

Answer 14

Thoraco-acromial Artery and lateral thoracic artery

Question 15

Third part of the axillary artery extends from lateral border of pec minor to inferior border of teres major and has three branches.

Answer 15

Subscapular (largest, Anterior circumflex humeral artery and posterior circumflex humeral artery

Question 16

What arteries originate from the internal thoracic and thyrocervical trunk?

Answer 16

Subclavian Artery

Question 17

What artery originates from the suprascapular artery?

Answer 17

Thyrocervical

Question 18

The superior thoracic, thoraco-acromial, lateral thoracic, circumflex (anterior and posterior) originate on what artery?

Answer 18

Axillary artery

Question 19

Circumflex scapular artery originates from what artery?

Answer 19

Subscapular Artery

Question 20

Thoracodorsal Artery originates from what artery?

Answer 20

Subscapular Artery

Question 21

Profunda brachii artery, superior ulnar collateral, and inferior ulnar collateral artery originate from what atery?

Answer 21

Brachial Artery

Question 22

During profuse bleeding, what part of the axillary artery vein should be compressed?

Answer 22

Third part

Question 23

What are the five principal groups of axillary lymph nodes?

Answer 23

SCHAP – Subscapular, Central, Humeral, Apical, Pectoral

Question 24

How many nodes are there in the pectoral (anterior nodes)?

Answer 24

3-5 nodes Medial wall of axilla

Question 25

Pectoral nodes receive lymph mainly from what?

Answer 25

Anterior thoracic wall, including most of the breast

Question 26

How many nodes does the subscaspular (posterior) nodes consists of?

Answer 26

Six or seven posterior axillary

Question 27

Where does the subscapular (posterior) nodes receive lymph from?

Answer 27

Posterior aspect of the thoracic wall and scapular region

Question 28

The humeral (lateral) nodes consists of how many nodes?

Answer 28

4-6along lateral wall of axilla

Question 29

Humeral nodes receive lymph from where?

Answer 29

Upper limb

Question 30

Where does the cephalic vein drain into?

Answer 30

Apical axillary and infraclavicular nodes

Question 31

How many nodes consists of the central nodes?

Answer 31

3-4 deep to the pectoralis minor near base of axilla

Question 32

Apical nodes are located where?

Answer 32

Apex along medial side of axillary vein

Question 33

Apical nodes receive lymph from where

Answer 33

All other groups of axillary nodes and lymphatics accompanying the proximal cephalic vein

Question 34

Efferent vessels from the apical nodes traverse the cervico-axillary canal and unite to form what?

Answer 34

Sub-clavian lymphatic trunk

Question 35

The subclavian lymphatic trunk may be joined by jugular and bronchomediastinal trunks to form what?

Answer 35

R lymphatic duct or may enter the right venous angle

Question 36

Where does lymph drain on the left side?

Answer 36

Thoracic duct