RA1 Flashcards
CRANIUM
divisible into calvaria/neurocranium (upper bony structure that houses brain) & facial skeleton/viscerocranium
NECK REGION
- conduit (join head to body)
- must be open as nutrient substances (food, gas) must pass from head to abdomen via neck
THORACIC CAVITY
- split into 2 lateral components (lungs)(by fibrous pericardium) & 1 medial component (mediastinum)
- lined by visceral/parietal pleura
- organs split into resident thoracic viscera (always there) & viscera en-passant (exit compartment at dif. levels)
ABDOMINOPELVIC CAVITY
1 internal membrane sheet (parietal peritoneum) lines both cavities & they are continuous with each other (no bony boundary between abdomen & pelvis)
ANATOMICAL CAVITY
opening/dilation within confines & is a defined space with defined boundaries, shape, contents
ANATOMICAL COMPARTMENT
a separate sub-section of a cavity
ANATOMICAL SPACE
- unoccupied domains in anatomical compartments
- true anatomical space = occur normally e.g. oral cavity
- potential anatomical space = don’t normally exist & are created by pathologies creating spaces that didn’t exist before e.g. blisters
PACKING OF TISSUES
skin -> superficial fascia (bind skin to rest of body) -> deep fascia (enclose organs & divide muscle to compartments) -> muscles -> deepest layer of deep fascia
ORDER OF NERVE ENVELOPES
endoneurium ensheaths single cell axon -> perineurium ensheaths nerve fascicle -> epineurium ensheaths entire nerve
SKELETAL MUSCLE TISSUE ENVELOPES
endomysium ensheaths single myofibril -> perimysium ensheaths fascicle (collection of myofibrils) -> epimysium ensheaths all fascicles of muscle (perimysiums) & its neurovascular bundle (runs in between muscle fascicles)
BONE
- compact bone (solid mass of dense connective tissue) & cancellous bone (branching network of non-solid bone)
- 5 types (flat, short, long, sesamoid, irregular)
FLAT BONE
- made from 3 layers of bone; compact bone (outer table) -> spongy bone (has bone marrow) -> compact bone (inner table)
- outer & inner table lined with periosteum
LONG BONE
- bone longer than it is wide & has a narrow cavity
- surfaces covered with periosteum (lines outer surface of bone) & endosteun (lines inner surface wall)
PERIOSTEUM
- generate osteoblasts of bone which give rise to osteocytes (secrete bone) & osteoclasts (break down bone)
- has blood supply & has innervation from sensory nerves of somatic NS for pain sensations from bone
- outer layer made of collagen (in contact with bones) & inner layer has the osteoblasts
CARTILAGE
covered in soft tissue lining called perichondrium which supports cartilage in the same way that periosteum supports parent bone
PERICHONDRIUM
has fibrous outer layer (maintained by fibroblasts) & inner layer (has chondroblasts which make chondrocytes which make collagen)
BONY SPACE
- surfaces of bones onto which muscles, tendons, ligaments & soft tissue attach
- can be fossae (pit/cavity in bone)
PARANASAL SINUSES
cavities within bones of head that open into nasal cavity & are lined by 2 layers of soft tissue; periosteum & secretory epithelium (ciliated pseudo-stratified columnar epithelium with goblet cells)
NEURONAL INNERVATION OF PARANASAL SINUSES
- somatic sensory innervation (somatic sensations e.g. pain, temp, irritation)
- autonomic parasympathetic innervation (increase secretions from nasal cavity & paranasal sinuses)
MUSCLES OF BODY ORDER
skin/epidermis -> muscle tissue -> epithelium layer (parietal peritoneum)
CRANIAL CAVITY
meninges divide intracranial compartment to 2 main sub-compartments (supra-tentorial & infra-tentorial compartment) & meninges receive somatic sensory innervation
THORAX JOB
provide nutrient substances to body & excrete large volumes of used fuels
ABDOMINO-PELVIC JOB
absorption of nutrients, excretions from GI & urinary tracts (has bladder)
BONES OF THORAX
12 pairs of ribs, 12 thoracic vertebrae, sternum, manubrium, manubriosternal joint, xiphisternal joint, xiphoid process
INTERCOSTAL MUSCLES
- muscles between ribs; external = superficial to ribs, internal = blends into ribs, innermost = deep to ribs
- strengthened by interweaving grain of muscle fibres of intercostal muscle (all 90 degrees to one another)
PARIETAL PLEURA
lines internal surface of thorax body wall & is made of simple squamous epithelium
VISCERAL PLEURA
lines outer surface of organs of the thorax
PLEURAL CAVITY
- space between the visceral & parietal pleura (filled with pleural fluid to create fluid seal between lung & ribcage) (too much fluid = fluid seal lost so lung is squashed within cavity (pleural effusion))
- lines lungs & secretes fluid daily to act as anti-inflammatory
PNEUMOTHORAX
when air enters pleural cavity & lung collapses
SOFT TISSUES OF THORAX
pleura (parietal & visceral), diaphragm, intercostal muscles, great vessels, nerves, viscera, pleural fluid
BOUNDARIES OF THORAX
SUPERIOR - thoracic inlet & jugular notch (large visible dip between neck & 2 collarbones)
INFERIOR - thoracic outlet & diaphragm
ANTERO-LATERO-POSTERIOR - ribs (front, side & back)
ANTERIOR - manubrium, sternum & xyphoid process
POSTERIOR - thoracic vertebrae, scapulae (shoulder blade)
BOUNDARIES OF ABDOMINAL CAVITY
SUPERIOR - diaphragm & lower ribs
INFERIOR - pelvic brim
ANT-LAT - anterolateral abdominopelvic wall
POSTERIOR - posterior abdominal wall
PERITONEUM
- parietal - lines inner walls of abdomen, diaphragm, pelvis (innervated by sensory division of somatic NS so pain sensations are sharp & localised)
- visceral - lines visceral organs of abdomen (innervated by sensory division of autonomic NS so pain sensations are perceived as non-defined area of discomfort not localised)
PERITONEAL/ABDOMINAL CAVITY
- cavity created between parietal & visceral peritoneum
- structures outside peritoneal organs are extraperitoneal organs (formed as parietal peritoneum folds in on itself to trap organs & form an axtraperitoneal space)
- split into greater sac & lesser sac (smaller & just behind stomach (full stomach gets rid of lesser sac)
- omental foramen is bit between greater & lesser sac which allows for communication between them
HERNIA
protrusion (extension) of a viscus through wall of cavity in which it is normally contained
ACQUIRED HERNIA
caused by wear & tear of life e.g. childbirth
CONGENITAL HERNIA
present from birth & happen at points of weakness in abdominal wall
SPIGELIAN HERNIA
protrusion of intestine due to weakness between muscle fibres of abdominal wall (causes are sport, obesity, chronic coughing)
REDUCIBLE HERNIA
hernia with a bulge that flattens if you push it
INCISIONAL HERNIA
appears in hernia at site of previous surgery
IMPORTANCE OF THORAX
- houses lungs, heart & great vessels
- musculature acts as bellow that deflate/inflate lungs
THORACIC WALL TISSUE LAYERS (SUPERFICIAL TO DEEP)
skin -> superficial fascia pectoralis -> pectoral fascia -> pectoralis major -> clavipectoral/deep pectorial fascia (separates pectoralis major or minor) -> pectoralis minor -> external intercostal muscle -> internal intercostal muscle & ribs -> innermost muscle -> endothoracic fascia (deepest layer & separates internal thoracic wall from underlying pleura)
TYPICAL RIBS
- have head (has 3 tubercles (these make contact with 3 other bones), neck (separates head from tubercle) and body (body has an angle, costal groove & shaft)
- the tubercles have facets & demifacets on them (to articulate with sites on heads of adjacent ribs)
- superior costal facets articulate with head of its own rib
- inferior costal facets articulate with head of the rib below
ATYPICAL RIBS
- 3 of the 12 ribs are atypical (rib 1, 11, 12)
ANTERIOR ARTICULATIONS OF RIBS
- RIB 1 - joins to sternum
- RIB 2-7 - true ribs as connect to sternum using their own costal cartilage
- RIB 8-10 - false ribs as costal cartilages join to costal cartilage number 7 to join to the sternum
- RIB 11-12 - false ribs and these float (costal cartilages connect to nothing)
PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE
CLAVICULAR PART (elevates shoulder, draws arm forward & simultaneously towards midline) STERNOCOSTAL PART (same action as clavicular but also draws shoulder downwards)
SCAPULA
- serratus anterior binds inferior aspect of scapula to body wall
- spine of scapula divides supraspinous fossa (seen superiorly & covered by supraspinatus muscle) from infraspinous fossa (seen posteriorly & covered by infraspinatus muscle)
SERRATUS ANTERIOR
- attaches on lateral surfaces of upper 8-9 ribs &
- supplied by long thoracic nerve
- actions are extension & rotation of scapula
COSTAL CARTILAGE
gives the ribcage flexibility
RETROPERITONEAL STRUCTURES
- organs just behind peritoneal sac (is extraperitoneal but called retroperitoneal as directly behind peritoneal sac)
- sad pucker
- adrenal gland, aorta/IVC, duodenum, pancreas, ureters, colon, kidneys, oesophagus, rectum
PRIMARY VS SECONDARY RETROPERITONEAL ORGANS
primary never had a mesentery (always been outside of peritoneum)(e.g. aorta, IVC, kidneys) but secondary once had a mesentery but lost it in development (initially intraperitoneal but became retro as mesentery fused with abdominal wall)(e.g. pancreas, duodenum, ascending & descending colons)
MESENTERY
a fused double layer of parietal peritoneum that suspends GI tract/intestines from posterior body wall
OMENTUM
- abdominal structures formed from peritoneum. Visceral peritoneum covering stomach extends on both sides to form double layered sheets filled with prominent patches of fat
- double fold of peritoneum that connects greater curvature of stomach to intestines (greater omentum) OR lesser curvature to liver (lesser omentum)
LINEA ALBA
- attaches to xiphoid process superiorly & pubic symphysis inferiorly
- separates abdomen into L + R
- made by aponeurosis (takes place of tendon) layers of the surround muscles
MEDIASTINUM
- the middle of thorax (between the 2 pleural sacs)
- ANTERIOR - sternum
- POSTERIOR- spine
- SUPERIOR - superior thoracic aperture
- INFERIOR - diaphragm
- LATERAL - 2 pleural sacs
TISSUE LAYERS OF MEDIASTINUM (SUPERFICIAL TO DEEP)
fibrous pericardium layer -> parietal layer of serous pericardium -> pericardial cavity -> visceral layer of serous pericardium -> myocardium -> endocardium