Cardiology

Question 1

The vagus nerve is ____ to the phrenic nerve

Answer 1

The vagus nerve is medial to the phrenic nerve

Question 2

Great vessels in order

Answer 2

SAP (Superior vena cava, Aorta, Pulmonary artery)

Question 3

What does the tricuspid valve sit deep to

Answer 3

Coronary groove

Question 4

What does the coronary groove contain

Answer 4

Right coronary artery

Question 5

What does the anterior interventricular groove mark

Answer 5

The boundary between 2 ventricles

Question 6

What does the anterior interventricular groove contain

Answer 6

Left anterior descending branch of the left coronary artery

Question 7

Where does the posterior interventricular artery sit?

Answer 7

Posterior interventricular groove

Question 8

The posterior interventricular artery is a branch of the _____

Answer 8

RCA (right coronary artery)

Question 9

Where is the LCA found?

Answer 9

Left atrioventricular groove

Question 10

3 openings to the right atrium

Answer 10

SVC, IVC and coronary sinus

Question 11

Depression in the right atrium

Answer 11

Fossa ovalis/oval fossa, a remnant of the foramen

Question 12

What is the fossa ovalis/oval fossa?

Answer 12

A depression in the right atrium, a remnant of the foramen ovale

Question 13

What does the crista terminalis represent

Answer 13

the boundary between the smooth and rough parts of the RA

Question 14

Name for the boundary between the smooth and rough parts of the RA

Answer 14

Crista terminalis

Question 15

Where is the SA Node located?

Answer 15

Just below the opening for SVC

Question 16

What connects the cusps of the heart valves to the heart wall?

Answer 16

Tendinous cords

Question 17

What anchors tendinous cords

Answer 17

Papillary muscLes

Question 18

Aorta valve asculate

Answer 18

Right of sternum 2nd intercostal space

Question 19

Pulmonary valve asculate

Answer 19

Left of sternum 2nd intercostal space

Question 20

Tricuspid valve asculate

Answer 20

Lower left sternal border 4th intercostal space

Question 21

Mitral/Bicuspid valve asculate

Answer 21

Left 5th intercostal midclavicular line

Question 22

What is the transverse thoracic plane

Answer 22

The ‘line’ between the sternal line and the T4/5 intervertebral disc

Question 23

Significance of transverse thoracic plane

Answer 23

Differentiates the superior mediastinum and inferior mediastinum

Question 24

What differentiates the superior mediastinum and inferior mediastinum

Answer 24

The transverse thoracic plane

Question 25

Vagus nerve passes through the _______ with the ________

Answer 25

Vagus nerve passes through the diaphragm with the oesophagus

Question 26

What does the azygous vein drain into

Answer 26

SVC

Question 27

1st branch of the ascending aorta

Answer 27

2 coronary arteries

Question 28

Large branches of the aortic trunk in order

Answer 28

Brachiocephalic trunk, Left common carotid artery, Left Subclavian artery

Question 29

Descending aorta key branch

Answer 29

Bilateral posterior intercostal arteries

Question 30

What is the venous angle

Answer 30

The junction between the subclavian and internal jugular veins

Question 31

The junction between the subclavian and internal jugular veins

Answer 31

Venous angle

Question 32

Where is the left venous angle located

Answer 32

Left sternoclavicular joint

Question 33

_____ nerve sits posterior to the lung root

Answer 33

The Vagus nerve sits posterior to the lung root

Question 34

_____ nerve lies anterior to the lung root

Answer 34

Phrenic nerve sits anterior to the lung root

Question 35

The recurrent laryngeal branch of the left vagus nerve hooks under the ____________

Answer 35

The recurrent laryngeal branch of the left vagus nerve hooks under the ligament arteriosum

Question 36

3 Nerves of the superior mediastinum (lateral to medial)

Answer 36

Phrenic, Vagus, Recurrent laryngeal

Question 37

The right recurrent laryngeal nerve does/does not enter the chest

Answer 37

The right recurrent laryngeal nerve does not enter the chest

Question 38

The right recurrent laryngeal nerve hooks under _______

Answer 38

The right recurrent laryngeal nerve hooks under the arch of the aorta

Question 39

Where does lymph from the inferior lobe of the left lung drain?

Answer 39

Right lymphatic duct

Question 40

Anterior to posterior- structures of the posterior mediastinum

Answer 40

Brachiocephalic veins + SVC Arch of Aorta Trachea Oesophagus Thoracic duct

Question 41

All but one tongue muscles are innervated by the _______

Answer 41

The hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)

Question 42

The palatoglossus is innervated by the ________

Answer 42

Vagus nerve (CN X)

Question 43

All of the tongue muscles are innervated by _____, except the ______, which is innervated by _____.

Answer 43

All of the tongue muscles are innervated by CNXII (hypoglossal), except the palatoglossus which is innervated by CNX (vagus)