Canine Thorax Flashcards
What are ribs 1-9 and where do they attach?
Sternal or “true” ribs and they attach to the sternum
What are ribs 10-13 and where do they attach?
Asternal or “false” ribs and they attach caudal to the sternum
What is the costal arch?
United costal cartilages of ribs 10-12
What is the floating rib?
The 13th rib fails to make contact with the costal arch and instead ends freely in the flank.
What is number 1?
Asternal or “false” ribs
What is number 2?
Floating rib
What is number 3?
Costal arch?
What is number 4?
Sternal or “True” ribs
Thoracic Cavity Boundary - Crainal
Thoracic Inlet
Thoracic Cavity Boundary - Caudal
Diaphragm
Thoracic Cavity Boundary - Dorsal
Thoracic Vertebral Bodies
Thoracic Cavity Boundary - Ventral
Sternum
Thoracic Cavity Boundary - Lateral
Ribs, Costal Cartilages, and Intercostal Muscles,
Thoracic Inlet Boundary - Dorsal
Body of the first Thoracic Vertebra
Thoracic Inlet Boundary - Ventral
First Sternebra (manubrium)
Thoracic Inlet Boundary - Lateral
First pair of Ribs and their costal cartilages.
Thoracic Cavity Contents:
Trachea
Heart
Lungs
Thymus
Esophagus
Lymph Nodes
Vessels
Nerves
Plura Cavity
Pericardial Cavity
Thoracic Inlet Contents:
Trachea
Esophagus
Vagosympathetic Nerve Trunks
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerves
Phrenic Nerves
Ventral branches of 1st and 2nd Thoracic Spinal Nerves
Several Blood Vessels
Pleural Cupulae
What is number 1?
Thoracic Outlet:
Esophageal Hiatus
Esophagus, Dorsal and Ventral Vagal Trunk
What is number 2?
Thoracic Outlet:
Lumbocostal Arch
Sympathetic Trunk and Major Splanchnic Nerve
What is number 3?
Thoracic Outlet:
Cava Foramen
Caudal Vena Cava
What is number 4?
Thoracic Outlet:
Aortic Hiatus
Aortic Vein, Azygous Vein, and Thoracic Duct
What is Endothoracic Fascia?
Connective tissue lising the thoracic cavity and attaching the pleurae to the thoracic wall and diaphragm.
Where is the Endothoracic Fascia?
It passes through the thoracic inlet cranially and blends with the deep cervical fascia.
What is pleura?
Mesothelial membrane which lines the thoracic cavity, encloses the mediastinum, and covers the lungs.
What is mesothelium?
Simple squamous epithelium (derived from mesoderm) which lines the coelomic cavity and its adult derivatives.
What is number 1?
Mesothelium
Ectoderm
What is number 2?
Mesothelium
Mesoderm
What is number 3?
Mesothelium
Endoderm
Where is the Mediastinum located?
Midline partition of the thorax.
What does the Mediastinum include?
Two Mediastinal Pleurae and space between them.