Resp anatomy Flashcards
auscultate middle lobe of right lung
between ribs 4 and 6 mid-clavicular and mid-axillary line
auscultate lung bases
posteriorly scapular line T11 vertebral level
oblique fissures
level rib 6 anteriorly, t3 posteriorly
horizontal fissure of right lung
level rib 4
when does the larynx become the trachea
C6 level
anterior intercostal arteries
branch from internal thoracic artery
Posterior intercostal arteries
branch from the thoracic aorta
Anterior intercostal veins –
drain into internal thoracic veins
Posterior intercostal veins –
drain into azygous vein
intercostal neurovascular bundles superior to inferior VAN
vein, artery, nerve
I ATE (8) 10 eggs at 12
I8= inferior vena cava pierces at T8, 10 eggs= oesophagus pierces at t10, at 12= aorta pierces at t12
diaphragm
skeletal muscle with central tendon
phrenic nerves
anterior rami of C3,4,5
serratus anterior supplied by
long thoracic nerve
group of 3 blood vessels either side of sternum
internal thoracic artery and pair of veins
tongue of superior lobe of left lung
lingula
when does the trachea bifurcate
the level of the sternal angle
azygous vein
carries deoxygenated blood, drains into superior vena cava, arches around right lung root
site of lung apex
superior to clavicle
level of carina
rib 2
also known as a dust cell
alveolar macrophage