Innervation and lymphatics Flashcards
1
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Main lymphatics
A
The tracheobronchial and mediastinal lymph nodes
2
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Motor innervation
A
Autonomic motor fibres from: -Vagus nerve (parasympathetic) -T1-T4 (sympathetic) Via: the cardiac plexus- at bifurcation of the trachea
3
Q
What do the motor fibres innervate?
A
The AV node
The SA node
Purkinje cells
4
Q
Sensory and pain fibres?
A
Travel back from the heart at spinal levels T1-T4 in sympathetic nerves
5
Q
What innervates the parietal and fibrous layers of the heart?
A
The phrenic nerve