Pleural Cavity

Question 1

Visceral Pleura

Answer 1

Covers and follows the indentations of the lungs

Question 2

Parietal Pleura

Answer 2

Lines the thoracic cavity

Includes subdivisions like costal pleura, diaphragmatic pleura, mediastinal pleura and cervical pleura

Question 3

Pleural recesses

Answer 3

Large space or cavity formed by the reflection of parietal pleura from one area to another

Question 4

Costodiaphragmatic recess

Answer 4

Space where costal and diaphragmatic pleura meets

Question 5

Costomediastinal recess

Answer 5

Space where mediastinal and costal pleura meet

Allows expansion of lungs during inspiration

Also where we can stick a need for aspiration

Question 6

Pulmonary ligament

Answer 6

The transition point between visceral and parietal pleural at root of lung

Question 7

Cervical dome of pleura

Answer 7

Also known as dome of pleura
At level with neck of first rib
1.5cm-2.5cm above sternal end of clavicle

Question 8

__ lobes on right ___ on the left. ___ lobules on right and ____ on left.

Answer 8

3 and 2

10 and 8

Question 9

Angle between two primary bronchi is

Answer 9

62 degrees

Question 10

The trachea bifurcates into primary bronchi at ____

Answer 10

sternal angle

Question 11

Carina

Answer 11

Located at the inferior end of trachea where it branches into 2 primary bronchi

Produces intense cough reflex when in touch with foreign bodies

Question 12

Compared to left bronchus, right bronchus is

Answer 12

shorter, straighter and larger than left.

Most aspirated objects are here

Question 13

One pulmonary artery supplies each lung and arises form the

Answer 13

pulmonary trunk with deoxygenated blood

Question 14

Two pulmonary veins from each lung are (intersegmental or intrasegmental)?

Answer 14

Intersegmental

Question 15

Bronchial arteries supply the tissues of the lung which are (intersegmental or intrasegmental)?

Answer 15

intrasegmental

Question 16

Where does the anterior and posterior plexus lie?

Answer 16

Anterior and posterior to roots of lungs

Question 17

Anterior and posterior plexus has

Answer 17

Parasympathetic fibers from vagus nerve

Sympathetic fibers from T1-T4