Heart And Mediastinum

Question 1

Middle compartment of the thoracic cavity?

Answer 1

Mediastinum

Question 2

The mediastinum is divided by?

Answer 2

Transverse thoracic plane

Question 3

Boundaries of the mediastinum

Answer 3

Superior: Superior thoracic aperture
Inferior: Diaphragm
Anterior: Sternal body
Posterior: Vertebral bodies

Question 4

Divisions of the Mediastinum

Answer 4

Superior

Inferior
>Anterior
>Middle
>Posterior

Question 5

1. Primary lymphoid organ located at the lower part of the neck and anterior part of the superior mediastinum
2. # 1 developed from? Fate?
3. Arterial supply
4. Venous Drainage

Answer 5

1. Thymus
2. 3rd brachial pouch and becomes fat as you age
3. Anterior mediastinal branches of the internal thoracic arteries
4. LII
   Left brachiocephalic v.
   Internal thoracic v.
   Inferior thyroid v.

Question 6

Superior vena cava returns blood from all structures superior to the diaphragm except?

Answer 6

Lungs and <3