Cardiorespiratory Flashcards
What structures are located at the dorsal boundary of the thoracic cavity?
Thoracic vertebra and longus colli muscle
What structures are located at the ventral boundary of the thoracic cavity?
Transverse thoracis muscle and internal thoracic vessels
What structures are located at the lateral/costal walls of the thoracic cavity?
External intercostal muscles and internal intercostal muscles
Is inspiration an active or passive process?
Active
What is the most important muscle of inspiration?
Diaphragm m
Other than the diaphragm, what are the other inspiratory muscles?
Serratus dorsalis cranialis, scalenus, rectus thoracis, and external intercostal mm
Is expiration an active or passive process?
Passive, but can be active during exercise, coughing, or sneezing
What are the muscles involved in expiration?
Serratus dorsalis caudalis, internal intercostal, and abdominal mm
What is the name of the serous membrane that produces a serous fluid that protects, prevents friction and adherences among organs (viscera) or organs with cavity walls?
Serosa
What is the mediastinum?
Central area of the thorax
What covers the cranial mediastinum, middle mediastinum, and caudal mediastinum?
Mediastinal pleura
What covers the walls of the pleural cavity?
Parietal plurae
What covers the inner portion of the pleural cavity?
Visceral (pulmonary) pleurae
What is the connective tissue that glues the parietal pleura with ribs and intercostal muscles?
Endothoracic fascia
What is the pleural cavity space that is not occupied by the caudal lobe of the lung even in a maximal inspiration?
Costodiaphragmatic resess
Does the pleural cavity have positive or negative pressure?
Negative
Around -5 cm H2O at rest in dogs
What is the term for a rupture of the thoracic wall that communicate the exterior with the pleural cavity and may create suction of air toward the pleural cavity? It may also occur by rupture of a lung.
Pneumothorax
Does a pneumothorax produce a positive or negative pressure inside the pleural cavity? What does this cause?
Positive
Causes lungs to collapse
What is the anatomical (serous) pericardium?
Closed sac that envelops most of the heart
What is the visceral pericardium (epicardium)?
Serous membrane adhering to the heart
What is the pericardial cavity?
Space in between parietal and visceral pericardium
What is the layer between anatomical pericardium and pericardial cavity?
Parietal serous pericardium
The clinical pericardium or pericardial sac layers are fused together. What are these layers?
Parietal serous pericardium, fibrous pericardium, and pericardial mediastinal pleura
What ligament connects fibrous pericardium to sternal part of the diaphragm in carnivores?
Phrenicopericardial ligament
Is the cardiovascular system an open or closed system?
Closed
The cardiovascular system is composed of what?
Heart, blood vascular system, lymphatic system
What does systemic circulation mean?
Blood flows from heart to every tissue in body except lungs and back to heart
Is the lymphatic circulation an open or closed system?
Open
What system is responsible for the immunological defense of the body and drains the extra cellular fluids?
Lymphatic system
If the lymphatic system has trouble draining or accumulates too much fluid, what occurs?
Edema