Cardiovascular Flashcards
Where do you find the inferior mediastinum?
Sternal angle -T4 line down to the diaphragm
What do you find in the anterior inferior mediastinum?
Thymus
What do you find in the middle inferior mediastinum?
Heart
What is important about the superior mediastinum?
It is the Danger space because infection can move easily
What do you find in the posterior mediastinum?
Sympathetic trunk
Where does the greater splanchnic nerve run from in the vertebral column?
T5-T9
Where does the Lesser Splanchnic nerve run from in the vertebral column?
T10-T11
Where does the Least Splanchnic nerve run from in the vertebral column?
T12
Do any of the splanchnic nerves synapse in the region of the vertebral column they run from?
NO, they synapse with pre-aortic ganglia
What does the thoracic duct in the lymphatics drain?
The entire body except the right side of head, neck, chest and arm
What three veins drain into the right atrium?
Inferior Vena Cava
Superior Vena Cava
Coronary Sinus
What is a vein?
Carries blood to the heart
What is an artery?
Carries blood away from the heart
What happens during diastole?
The ventricle fills with blood
What two heart arteries branch off of the aorta?
Right coronary artery
Left coronary artery
