Neurovasculature of the Thoracic Cavity Flashcards
Superior vena cava and inferior vena cava
Major veins bringing blood back to the heart
Aorta
Major artery bringing blood out of the heart
Common trunk (brachiocephalic trunk)
Branches into the right subclavian _ right common carotid arteries
2 pulmonary arteries (left and right)
carry deoxygenated blood to the lungs
4 pulmonary veins (2 left, 2 right)
carry oxygenated blood to the lungs
Left and right subclavian arteries
The 11 intercostal spaces on each side of the thoracic cage are supplied by…
posterior and anterior intercostal arteries from the aorta
Posterior and anterior intercostal arteries travel between …
internal and innermost intercostals
Internal thoracic arteries branch off of the …
subclavian artery
The internal thoracic arteries branch out into…
anterior intercostal arteries
Superior epigastric artery
disregard for the rest of the block (makes its way down to the abdomen)
Musculophrenic artery
Follows costal margin and pierces the diaphragm
More substantial blood supply to the thoracic wall comes from…
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The posterior intercostal arteries inferior to the 12th ribs are called… because…
subcostal arteries (because they are no longer between ribs)
Describe the breast blood supply
Medial mammary branches from the internal thoracic artery
Lateral mammary branches from lateral thoracic artery
Azygos vein
Unpaired vein (only on the right side of the body) - all right posterior intercostal veins and right subcostal vein drain into the azygos vein which then connects to the superior vena cava.
Accessory hemiazygos vein
Drains spaces 4 through 8 on the left
Hemiazygos vein
Drains spaces 9-11 on the left an left subcostal vein
Both the accessory hemiazygos and hemiazygos vein drain into…
the azygos vein
Root of lung structures