Quick cardiorespiratory questions Flashcards
The internal thoracic artery is a branch of what?
Subclavian artery
What are the anterior intercostal arteries a branch of?
Internal thoracic arteries
What are the posterior intercostal arteries a branch of?
Descending thoracic aorta
Where do hemiazygous and accessory hemiazygous veins drain into?
Azygous vein
What does the azygous vein drain into?
Superior vena cava
What does the superior vena cava drain into?
Right atrium
What does the superior vena cava branch into?
Right and left brachiocephalic veins
What does the brachiocephalic vein split into?
internal jugular vein and left subclavian vein
What structures pass through the aortic hiatus?
Thoracic duct and aortic hiatus
What does the great saphenous vein drain into?
Femoral
What does the small saphenous vein drain into?
Popliteal vein
What layer of the heart are purkinje fibres found?
Endocardium
What are the two elastic arteries?
Aorta and pulmonary artery
What are examples of muscular arteries?
Femoral and coronary arteries
The heart develops from which embryological structure?
a) endoderm
b) notochord
c) mesoderm
d) neural groove
e) ectoderm
C - 18/19 days
What does the endocardium develop from?
The endothelium.
What does the epicardium develop from?
Mesothelium.
What does the fibrous and parietal layer of the pericardium develop from?
Somatic layer of lateral mesoderm
What does the visceral pericardium develop from?
Splanchnic layer of lateral mesoderm
The parietal pericardium develops from which of the following?
a) Paraxial mesoderm
b) Splanchnic mesoderm
c) Intermediate mesoderm
d) Somatic mesoderm
e) Notochord
D
What does the pericardial cavity develop from?
Intraembryonic coelem
The right ventricle develops from which part of the primitive heart tube?
a) Aortic sac
b) Truncus arteriosus
c) Bulbus cordis and primitive ventricle
d) Primitive atrium
e) Sinus venosus
C
Which of the following is true during cardiac loop formation?
A. Bulbus cordis loops to the left
B. The primitive atria are pushed posteriorly and inferiorly
C. Bulbus cordis loops to the right
D. The primitive atria are pushed anteriorly and superiorly
E. The primitive ventricle is pushed to the right
C
Where is septum primum located?
Left Atrium
Where is septum secundum?
Right Atrium
Name the structures forming the membranous interventricular septum.
- Aorticopulmonary septum
- Endocardial cushion
- Bulbar ridges
What is the fate of the embryological 4th left aortic arch?
Aortic arch
What is the fate of the embryological 4th right aortic arch?
Right subclavian artery
What is the fate of the embryological 6th left aortic arch?
Left pulmonary and ductus arteriosus
When a baby is born and takes its first breath, the change in pulmonary pressure causes which embryonic vessel to constrict?
a) ductus venosus
b) umbilical vein
c) umbilical artery
d) ductus arteriosus
e) inferior vena cava
D
In the foetus, blood bypasses the liver by travelling through which vessel?
a) hepatic portal vein
b) ductus arteriosus
c) ductus venosus
d) umbilical artery
e) descending aorta
D
Where does the aortic arch start and end?
T4
What is the root value of the phrenic nerve?
C3-5
What nerve supplies pain sensation to pericardium and diaphragm?
Phrenic nerve
What is the branch of the vagus nerve?
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
What structures form the right border?
RA
What structures form the inferior border?
RA + RV + LV
What structures form the left border of the heart?
LV + LA
What forms the right pulmonary surface?
RA
What structure forms the left pulmonary surface?
LV
What structure forms the inferior surface?
RV + LV
What structure forms the posterior surface?
LA
What vessels anastasmose the posterior surface?
LADA and RPDA