Module 1: Thoracic Cavity

Question 1

Anatomical Nomenclature

Answer 1

Ensure appropriate communication between health professionals.

Will tell you direction (relative to something else) or what plane the image is cut into.

Question 2

Anterior

Answer 2

at or near the front of the body (front view)

Question 3

Anterior - embryonic term

Answer 3

ventral

Question 4

Posterior

Answer 4

at or near the back of the body (back view)

Question 5

Posterior - embryonic term

Answer 5

dorsal

Question 6

Superior

Answer 6

toward the head/upper part of a structure (bird’s-eye view, looking down)

Question 7

Superior - embryonic term

Answer 7

cranial or cephalic

Question 8

Inferior

Answer 8

away from the head/lower part of a structure (bottom view, looking up)

Question 9

Inferior - embryonic term

Answer 9

caudal

Question 10

Medial

Answer 10

towards the midline/middle of the body/organ

Question 11

Lateral

Answer 11

away from the midline/middle of the body/organ

Question 12

Midline

Answer 12

an imaginary vertical line that divides the body equally (right down the middle)

Question 13

Proximal

Answer 13

towards the trunk; near the origin

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Distal

Answer 14

away from the truck; far from the origin

Question 15

Intermediate

Answer 15

between a more medial and a more lateral structure

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Frontal/coronal plane

Answer 16

divides the body/organ into anterior (front) and posterior (back) portions

Question 17

Sagittal/longitudinal plane

Answer 17

divides the body into left and right portions

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Transverse/axial plane

Answer 18

divides the body into superior and inferior portions

Question 19

External

Answer 19

towards or at the body surface

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Internal

Answer 20

away from the body surface

Question 21

What is the thorax?

Answer 21

Second largest hollow space in the body

Question 22

What organs does the thorax contain?

Answer 22

Heart, lungs, oesophagus, trachea and blood vessels

Question 23

Superior boader of the thorax

Answer 23

the thoracic outlet where the vessels to the head and arms and the oesophagus and trachea course above the first rib

Question 24

Anterior border of the thorax

Answer 24

is the sternum — an elongated, flat bone forming the middle part of the anterior thoracic wall

Question 25

Inferior boarder of the thorax

Answer 25

is the diaphragm — a dome shaped musculofibrous sheet separating the thoracic and abdominal cavities

Question 26

Posterior boader of the thorax

Answer 26

is the vertebral column — the backbone

Question 27

3 subsections of the thorax

Answer 27

Right and left pleural cavity
Mediastinum

Question 28

Right and left pleural cavity contain?

Answer 28

right and left lungs

Question 29

Mediastinum contains?

Answer 29

heart, aorta, pulmonary artery, oesophagus and trachea as well as various nerves and parts of the lymphatic system