GA1 CP osteology arthrology and myology Flashcards
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Superior Thoracic Aperture
What is it?
Boundaries?
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Thoracic inlet
- communication between neck and thorax
- T1 vertebral segment
- paired 1st ribs and superior manubrium
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Contents of the superior thoracic aperture?
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- Trachea
- esophagus
- nerves and vessels that supply and drain head neck and upper extremities
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Inferior Thoracic Aperture
What is it?
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Thoracic outlet
- irregular communication between the thorax and abdomen
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Inferior Thoracic aperture
Contents?
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- Esophagus
- inferior vena cava
- Aorta (abdominal aorta)
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Contents of the Pulmonary cavities?
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There are two pulmonary cavities laterally
Lungs and pleurae
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Mediastinum contents?
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located centrally
- Heart
- Thoracic great vessels
- trachea
- thoracic esophagus
- thymus
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Manubrium (superior portion)
- Suprasternal notch (superior border of manubrium)
- Sternal angle (of Louis)(junction of manubrium and body)
- Clavicular Notch (articulates with sternal end of clavicle)
- Costal Notches (1st and half of the 2nd)
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Body of Sternum (middle portion, longer, narrower, and thinner than the manubrium)
- Xiphoid/sternal joint (junction of body and xiphoid process)
- Costal notches (half of the 2nd, 3rd-6th, and half of 7th)
- Transverse ridges (anterior surface, between costal notches
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Xiphoid Process (inferior portion)
- Costal notch (half of 7th)
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The three types of ribs?
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Typical Ribs
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3rd through 9th
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First rib (broad, flat, wide)
- Head (possesses only a single facet)
- Scalene tubercle (insertion point for anterior scalene M.)
- Groove for subclavian A. (superior aspect, posterior to the groove for the subclavian V.)
- Groove for subclavian V. (superior aspect, anterior to the groove for the subclavian A.)
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Second rib (longer than 1st rib)
- Tuberosity of serratus anterior M. (insertion for the serratus anterior M.)
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Special about the 10th 11th and 12th ribs?
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