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PRELIMS: THORAX - REGIONAL ANATOMY (PECTORAL REGION) Flashcards

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The region external to the anterior thoracic wall and helps anchor the upper limb to the trunk.

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PECTORAL REGION

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What are the components of the pectoral region

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~SUPERFICIAL COMPARTMENT

~DEEP COMPARTMENT

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The compartment that consists of the skin, superficial fascia, and breasts

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SUPERFICIAL FASCIA

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The compartment that consists of the muscles and associated structures

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DEEP FASCIA

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Structures that emerge from the thoracic wall, axilla, and neck

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~NERVES
~VESSELS
~LYMPHATICS
FROM THE SUPERFICIAL COMPARTMENTS

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Components of breast

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~MAMMARY GLANDS
~ASSOCIATED SKIN
~CONNECTIVE TISSUES

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Modified sweat glands in the superficial fascia anterior to the pectoral muscle and anterior thoracic wall
Consist of a series of ducts and associated secretory lobules

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MAMMARY GLANDS

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Mammary glands converge to form this

It also open independently into the nipple

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15 TO 20 LACTIFEROUS DUCTS

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The nipple is surrounded by a circular pigmented area that is called what?

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AREOLA

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Well developed structure that surrounds the ducts and lobules of the mammary gland

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CONNECTIVE TISSUE STROMA

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A well defined ligament that is formed by condensed connective tissue stroma that is continuous with the dermis of the skin and supports the breast.

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SUSPENSORY LIGAMENTS OF BREAST

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Creates tension on ligaments that causes pitting of the skin

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CARCINOMA OF THE BREAST

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What is the predominant component of breast in nonlactating women

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FAT

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What is the predominant component of breast in lactating women

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GLANDULAR TISSUE

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Lies on the deep fascia related to the pectoralis major muscle and the other surrounding muscle

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BREAST

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A layer of loose connective tissue that separates the breast from the deep fascia and provides some degree of movement over underlying structures

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RETROMAMMARY SPACE

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How does the base, or the attached surface of each breast extends?

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VERTICALLY= FROM RIBS 2 TO 6
TRANSVERSELY= FROM STERNUM TO MIDAXILLARY LINE
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TRUE OR FALSE:
The breasts is related to the thoracic wall and to structures associated with the upper limb which means that vascular supply and drainage can occur by multiple routes

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TRUE

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The vascular supply and drainage that occurs laterally

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VESSELS FROM THE AXILLARY ARTERY
~SUPERIOR THORACIC
~THORACO-ACROMIAL
~LATERAL THORACIC
~SUB-SCAPULAR ARTERIES
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The vascular supply and drainage that occurs medially

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BRANCHES FROM THE INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY

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Where does the vascular and drainage supply happen for the 2nd to 4th intercostal arteries?

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BRANCHES THAT PERFORATES THE THORACIC WALL AND OVERLYING MUSCLE

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The veins that drains the breast is parallel to the arteries and then drains into the axillary, internal thoracic, and intercostal veins

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STATEMENT TO REMEMBER FOR THE VENOUS DRAINAGE OF THE PECTORAL REGION

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Where is the breast innervated?

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VIA ANTERIOR AND LATERAL CUTANEOUS BRANCHES OF THE 2ND TO 6TH INTERCOSTAL NERVES

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What innervates the nipples

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4TH INTERCOSTAL NERVES

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75% of the Lymphatic drainage that drains laterally and superiorly into axillary nodes

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LYMPHATIC VESSELS

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TRUE OR FALSE
Most of the remaining drainage happens into the parasternal nodes deep to the anterior thoracic wall and associated with the internal thoracic artery

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TRUE

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TRUE OR FALSE
Some drainage may occur via lymphatic vessels that follow the lateral branches of posterior intercostal arteries and connect with intercostal nodes situated near the heads and necks of ribs

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TRUE

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Nodes that drain into the subclavian trunk.

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AXILLARY NODES

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Nodes that drain into the bronchomediastinal trunks

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PARASTERNAL NODES

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Nodes that drains into the thoracic duct or bronchomediastinal trunks

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INTERCOSTAL NODES

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Describe the breast in men

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RUDIMENTARY AND CONSISTS ONLY OF SMALL DUCTS AND CORDSOF CELLS THAT DOES NOT NORMALLY EXTEND BEYOND THE AREOLA

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YES OR NO:

Can breast cancer occur in men

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One of the most common malignancies in women that develops in the cell of acini, lactiferous ducts and lobules of the breast

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BREAST CANCER

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Depends on the exact cellular site of the origin of cancer

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TUMOR GROWTH AND SPREAD

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Factors that affects the response to surgery

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~CHEMOTHERAPY

RADIOTHERAPY

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Spreads via the lymphatics and veins or by direct invasion

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BREAST TUMOR

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How is the diagnosis of breast cancer confirmed

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BIOPSY AND HISTOLOGICAL EVALUATION

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Steps in staging the tumors

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  1. size of primary tumor
  2. exact site of primary tumor
  3. number and sites of lymph node spread
  4. organs to which thetumor may have spread
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A procedure that may be carried out to look for any spread to the lungs, liver, or bones

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COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNING OF THE BODY

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Tumor spread to the lungs

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PULMONARY METASTASES

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Tumor spread in the liver

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HEPATIC METASTASES

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Tumor spread in the bone

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BONY METASTASES

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Further imaging that uses radioactive isotopes that is avidly taken up by tumor metastases in bone

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BONE SCANNING

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A procedure that can visualize active foci of the metastatic disease in the body

45
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TRUE OR FALSE:

Lymph drainage of the breast is complex

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Where does lymph vessels pass through

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IT PASSES THROUGHAXILLARY, SUPERCLAVICULAR, AND PARASTERNAL NODES AND MAY EVEN PASS TO ABDOMINAL LYMPHNODES, AS WELL AS TO THE OPPOSITE BREAST.

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TRUE OR FALSE:
Containment of nodal metastatic breast cancer is potentially difficult because it can spread through many lymph node groups

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What does the subcutaneous lymphatic obstruction and growth pull on that results in peau d’orange on the surface of the breast

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CONNECTIVE TISSUE LIGAMENTTS IN THE BREAST

49
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Further subcutaneous spread of tumor can induce a rare manifestation of breast cancer that produces a hard, woody texture to the skin called what?

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CANCER EN CUIRASSE

50
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a surgical procedure that involves the excision of breast tissue

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MASTECTOMY

51
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Damage to this nerve can result in paralysis of the serratus anterior muscle, producing a “winged” scapula

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THORACIC NERVE

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What are the 3 muscles of the pectoral region

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~PECTORALIS MAJOR
~PECTORALIS MINOR
~SUBCLAVIUS

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Where does the muscles of the pectoral region originate from?

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FROM THE ANTERIOR THORACIC WALL AND INSERT INTO BONES OF THE UPPER LIMB

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What is the largest and most superficial muscle of the pectoral region muscles?
It also has a broad origin that includes the anterior surfaces of the medial half of the clavicle, sternum, and related costal cartilages.

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PECTORALIS MAJOR

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The pectoralis major directly underlies this structure which is separated by the deep fascia and the loose connective tissue of the retromammary space

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What are the origin of the pectoralis major?

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~MEDIAL HALF OF THE CLAVICLE AND ANTERIORSURFACE OF THE STERNUM
~FIRST SEVEN COSTAL CARTILAGES
~APONEUROSIS OF EXTERNAL OBLIQUE

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What are the insertion of the Pectoralis major

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~LATERAL LIP OF INTERTUBERCULAR SULCUS OF HUMERUS

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What are the innervations of the Pectoralis major

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~MEDIAL PECTORAL NERVES

~LATERAL PECTORAL NERVES

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What are the functions of the Pectoralis major?

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~ADDUCTION
~MEDIAL ROTATION
~FLEXION OF THE HUMERUS AT THE SHOULDER JOINT
IT ALSO ADDUCTS, FLEXES, AND MEDIALLY ROTATES THE ARM

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What are the origin of the subclavius?

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RIB 1 AT THE JUNCTION BETWEEN RIB AND COSTAL CARTILAGE

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What are the insertion of the subclavius?

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GROOVE ON THE INFERIOR SURFACE OF MIDDLE THIRD OF CLAVICLE

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What are the innervations of the subclavius?

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NERVE TO SUBCLAVIUS

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What are the functions of the subclavius?

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~PULLS THE CLAVICLE MEDIALLY TO STABILIZE STERNOCLAVIVULAR JOINT
~DEPRESSES TIP OF SHOULDER

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What are the origin of the pectoralis minor?

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~ANTERIORSURFACE OF THE 3RD, 4TH, AND 5TH RIBS

~DEEP FASCIA OVERLYING THE RELATED INTERCOSTAL SPACES

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What are the insertion of the pectoralis minor?

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CORACOID PROCESS OF THE SCAPULA

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What are the innervations of pectoralis minor?

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MEDIAL PECTORAL NERVES

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What are the functions of the pectoralis minor?

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~DEPRESSES THE TIP OF THE SHOULDER

~PROTRACTS THE SCAPULA

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Muscle fibers converge to form what structures that inserts into the lateral lip of the intertubercular sulcus of the humerus?

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FLAT TENDON

69
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What are the Muscles of the pectoral region that lies under the pectoralis major that pulls the tip of the shoulder inferiorly?

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~SUBCLAVIUS

~PECTORALIS MINOR

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A small muscle that passes laterally from the anterior and medial part of rib 1 to the inferior surface of the clavicle

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SUBCLAVIUS

71
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A muscle that passes from the anterior surfaces of rib 3 to 5 to the coracoid process of the scapula

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PECTORALIS MINOR

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A continuous layer of deep fascia that encloses the subclavius and the pectoralis minor and attaches to the clavicle above and to the floor of the axilla below

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CLAVIPECTORAL FASCIA

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What forms the anterior wall of the axilla?

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MUSCLES OF PECTORAL REGION

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A region between the upper limb and the neck through which all major structures pass

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ANTERIOR WALL OF AXILLA

GENERAL ANATOMY: PRELIMS (7 decks)

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