Resp booklet Flashcards
What skeletal structures form the boundaries of the thoracic inlet?
T1
Rib 1
Mandible
What skeletal structures form the boundaries of the thoracic outlet?
Zygomatic process
Costal cartilage
Rib 11 + 12
T12
What ribs form the costal margin?
Ribs 5-10
Which ribs are directly connected to the sternum through costal cartilage?
Ribs 2-7
Which ribs are attahed indirectly to the sternum through costal cartilage?
Rib 1
Ribs 8-16
What muscle is primarily used for the newborn in breathing?
Diaphgram
What is thoracic outlet syndrome?
Where brachial plexus, Subclavian artery + vein are compressed
Between which two intercostal muscles is the nuerovascular bundle found?
Innermost + internal
What is the superficial intercostal muscle called + orientation?
External intercostal muscle
Runs superomedially
What is the intermediate intercostal muscle called + orientation?
Internal intercostal muscles
Runs inferolaterally
What is the deep intercostal muscle called + orientation?
Innermost intercostal muscle
External intercostal muscle
Runs superomedially
In what part of the rib is the neurovascular bundle located?
Costal groove
Where does the external intercostal muscle end. What completes the space?
Costochondral junction
Space filled by external intercostal membrane
Where does the internal intercostal muscle end. What completes the space?
Sternum to posterior side of costal angles
Space filled by internalintercostal membrane
Where does the innermost intercostal muscle end. What completes the space?
Fills central half
Filled anteriorly by transversus thoracis muscles
Posteriorly by subcostalis muscles
What are the tributaries of the azygous vein?
Posterior intercostal veins
hemiazygous vein
Bronchial veins
Pericardial veins
Where does the azygous vein drain?
IVC
What two veins drain into the azygous from the left side of the posterior chest wall?
Hemizygous
Accessory hemizygous
What side of the chest wall does the thoracic duct drain?
Left side
Where does the right side of the chest wall drain?
Right lymphatic duct
What is the dermatome of the sternal angle?
C4
What is the dermatome of the nipple?
T1
What is the dermatome of the umbilicus?
T10
What is the dermatome of the inguinal region?
S3/S4
Which cardiac fibrous structure is attached to the central tendon?
IVC
To which vertebral bodies are the crura attached?
L1-3 on Right
L1/2 on left