Cardio Workbook Dry Room

Question 1

What bone forms the border of the superior mediastinum?

Answer 1

manubrium

Question 2

Apex of the heart

Answer 2

5th intercostal space mid clavicular line

Question 3

Posterior to which bone is the heart situated?

Answer 3

sternum

Question 4

Anterior to which vertebrae is the heart situated?

Answer 4

T5-T8

Question 5

upon which structure does the inferior surface of the heart lie?

Answer 5

diaphragm

Question 6

beginning and termination of the aortic arch is at

Answer 6

T4

Question 7

bifurcation of aorta (into common iliac arteries) is at

Answer 7

L4

Question 8

Bifurcation of common iliac arteries is at

Answer 8

L5

Question 9

What three arteries arise from the aorta?

Answer 9

brachiocephalic artery

left common carotid artery

left subclavian artery

Question 10

External iliac arteries eventually become the

Answer 10

femoral arteries

Question 11

Internal iliac arteries supply the

Answer 11

pelvic viscera

Question 12

The great arteries leaving the heart are the

Answer 12

aorta and the pulmonary trunk

Question 13

The great veins entering the heart are the

Answer 13

superior and inferior vena cavae

Question 14

SVC drains blood from the

Answer 14

upper limbs

head

neck

Question 15

IVC drains blood from the

Answer 15

abdominal and pelvic cavities

lower limbs

Question 16

Azygous vein location

Answer 16

right side of the descending aorta

Question 17

A separate venous system drains blood from the intercostal veins to the

Answer 17

SVC

the main vein in this system is the azygous vein

Question 18

3 main tributaries of the SVC

Answer 18

right brachiocephalic vein

left brachiocephalic vein

azygous vein

Question 19

2 main tributaries of the IVC

Answer 19

left and right common iliac veins

Question 20

two which vein does the azygous drain?

Answer 20

SVC

Question 21

which veins are drained by the azygous and semi-azygous veins?

Answer 21

posterior intercostal veins

Question 22

into which vein do the hemi-azygous veins drain?

Answer 22

azygous vein

Question 23

Anterior intercostal veins drain into the

Answer 23

internal thoracic vein

Question 24

anterior intercostal arteries drain into the

Answer 24

internal thoracic artery

Question 25

Left side of chest wall lymph drains into the

Answer 25

thoracic duct

Question 26

right side of the chest wall lymph drains into the

Answer 26

right lymphatic duct

Question 27

origin of the internal thoracic artery

Answer 27

subclavian artery

Question 28

thoracic duct is located between the

Answer 28

descending aorta azygous vein

Question 29

thoracic duct commences at vertebral level

Answer 29

L1

Question 30

thoracic duct drains into the

Answer 30

junction of the left jugular and left subclavian vein

Question 31

right lymphatic duct drains into the

Answer 31

junction of the right jugular and right subclavian vein

Question 32

cisterna chyli

Answer 32

most inferior part of the thoracic duct

Question 33

At what point does the subclavian become the axillary artery?

Answer 33

1st rib

Question 34

What area of the upper limb does the brachial artery become the radial and ulnar?

Answer 34

cubital fossa

Question 35

What area of the lower limb does the popliteal artery branch into the anterior and posterior tibial artery?

Answer 35

popliteal fossa

Question 36

dorsalis pedis is a continuation of the

Answer 36

anterior tibial artery