Lab Practical 2 Flashcards
In which species does the azygous vein persist on the right side of the heart? What about the left?
Canines/Equine
Ruminants/Swine (sometimes bilateral)
Which part of the heart is characterized by the apex and has thicker walls?
Left Ventricle
Which part of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood into the pulmonary trunk?
Right Ventricle
Which part of the heart pumps oxygenated blood into aorta?
Left Ventricle
Which part of the heart is next to the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle? What does it contain?
Paraconal interventricular groove; great cardiac vein and left coronary artery
What is located below the coronary sinus of the heart on the atrial surface of the heart? What does it contain?
Subsinuosal interventricular groove; Left coronary artery
Which nerves branch from the cervical spinal nerve II?
Great Auricular nerve
Transverse cervical nerve
Which branches of the spinal nerves (dorsal or ventral) innervate the epaxial musculature?
Dorsal
The ventral branches of the spinal nerves innervate the ________ musculature.
Hypaxial
Which nerve innervates the trapezius m.?
Cranial nerve XI/ Accessory Nerve
Which ventral nerve branches innervate the abdominal wall?
T13-L5
What are the names of the L1-L4 ventral nerve branches?
L1: Cranial iliohypogastric n.
L2: Caudal iliohypogastric n.
L3: Ilioinguinal n.
L4: Lateral cutaneous femoral n.
What extends laterally from the prepubic tendon, preventing a horse from side kicking? How?
The accessory ligament of the femoral head; limits movement of the coxofemoral joint.
What is the space called that is continuous with the cervical visceral space and between the left and right pleural cavities?
The mediastinum
What is the junction called between the costal pleura and the diaphragmatic pleura?
Diaphragmatic line of pleural reflection
What do the left and right crural tendons attach to?
The muscular crura of the diaphragm to the lumbar vertebral bodies
What does the plica venae cavae envelop and which side of the body is it located?
caudal vena cava and right phrenic nerve; right
What structures are located within the carotid sheath?
Common carotid artery
Vagosympathetic trunks
Internal jugular veins
What lies within the central tendon of the diaphragm to the right of the median plane and transmits the caudal vena cava?
Caval Foramen
What are the two main areas of herniation in the canine?
Lumbocostal arch of the diaphragm
Lumbodiaphragmatic recess of the diaphragm
What is the area called that is between the diaphragmatic crura and vertebra and allows passage of the major splanchnic nerve?
Lumbocostal arch
From which nerves do the right and left phrenic nerves originate in the canine? What about the feline? Are these nerves somatic or autonomic?
Ventral branches of spinal nerves C4, C5, C6, C7
Ventral branches of spinal nerves C4,C5,C6
Somatic
Which arteries supply the diaphragm?
Musculophrenic artery (branch off the internal thoracic artery) Caudal phrenic artery
What is the “glue”called that attaches the pleura to the thoracic walls?
Endothoracic fascia