Chest angles Flashcards
What is the AP chest projection used to the CR?
Jugular notch
What is the PA landmark for chest ?
Vertebra Prominens
what are the four divisions of the respiratory system?
Pharynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs
Adams apple correct name?
Hyoid bone
Voice box name
laryngopharynx
List the 3 divisions of larynx
nasalpharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx
Where is the trahcea located
Anterior to the esophagus
seen in anterior portion of neckfound below tongue and or floor of the mouth
hyoid
If a person accedentally inhales food which bronchus will it go to?
Right
shorter and wider
What is the name of prominence or ridge seen when looking down into the brinchus where it divides into left and right bronchi?
Carina
Where is the prominence of the carina located at on vertebrae
T5
small air sacs located at distal ends of the bronchioles in which o2 and co2 are exchanged into the blood?
alveoli
delicate double walled sac or membrane that contains the lungs
pleura
outer layer of pleura adhering to the inner surface of chest wall and diaphragm
parietal pleura
inner layer adhering to surface of the lungs
pulmonary
viseral pleura