Mediastinum Flashcards
Where does the internal jugular vein receive blood?
head and neck
what two vessels come together to form the brachiocephalic vein on each side?
subclavian and internal jugular
Where does the trachea branch into right and left primary bronchi?
sternal angle (T4-T5)
Where does the esophagus pass through? What is the structure called and at what vertebral level? Along with vagal nerves
diaphragm; esophageal hiatus
T10
I ate 10 eggs at noon
inferior vena cava at T8; esophagus at T10; aorta at T12
phrenic nerves arise from ventral rami of …
C3, C4, C5
phrenic nerves run external to the fibrous pericardium on its way to innervating the…
diaphragm
both L. and R. phrenic nerves remain …. to the hilum in the thorax to reach the diaphragm or ….
anterior; hilum; middle mediastinum
phrenic nerve transmits referred pain from …. to…
diaphragm, pericardium and mediastinal pleura; C3, C4, C5 dermatomes
vagus is CN…
10
vagus nerve is a major …nerve supplying to all thoracic organs and upper 2/3 of abdominal organs.
parasympathetic
….parasympathetic motor neurons are located in the medulla while ….nerve cell bodies are located in the terminal organs.
preganglionic; postganglionic
right recurrent laryngeal nerve runs …..right subclavian artery (T1)
under
left recurrent laryngeal nerve runs… arch of aorta lateral to ligamentum arteriosus.
under
right recurrent laryngeal nerve comes off the vagus at about…. and the left comes off at about ….
T1; T4-T5
