HiGHYIELD Flashcards
Sternal Angle Ribs
2nd ribs articulate sternum
Sternal angle vasculature
Aortic arch begins and ends
Sternal angle Respiration
Trachea bifurcates into right and left primary bronchi
Sternal angle mediastinum
Marks separation between superior and inferior mediastinum
What intervertebral level sternal angle?
T4-T5
True ribs numbers
1-7
False ribs numbers
8-12
Floating ribs numbers
11 and 12
List the muscles of inspiration
*Diaphragm
*External/Internal/Innermost intercostals
*Sternocleidomastioid
*Levator costarum
*Serratus anterior
*Serratus posterior superior
*scalenus
*pectoral muscles
Muscles of expiration
*anterior abdominal
*Internal intercostal
*serratus posterior inferior muscles
Muscles of quiet inspiration
Quiet inspiration results from contraction of the diaphragm
Muscles of quiet expiration
Passive process caused by elastic recoil of lungs
The trachea begins ?
inferior border of the cricoid cartilage
What is the carina.
The last tracheal cartilage and it separates the openings of the left and right primary bronchi