Respiratory System Thorax 1 (WHITE BOOKLET) Flashcards
Where can you locate a demifacet?
On the vertebral body
Why can gall bladder illness present itself as shoulder pain?
Compression of C3,4,5 phrenic nerve which supplies shoulder
Why does the vena cava travel through the central tendon?
No contraction of central tendon - therefore there is no impedence of blood flow
Which bones articulate with the manubrium at its superolateral angles?
Clavicle
What type of joint is the sternocalvicular joint?
Saddle joint
What is the name of the notch at the superior border of the manubrium?
Jugular notch
What vertebral level is the xiphoid process located?
T9-T10
What vertebral level is the sternoclavicular joint?
Disc of T4 - so between T4 and T5
Which rib articulates with the manubiosternal joint?
2nd
What does the tubercule of a rib articulate with?
Transverse process of the vertebrae of the same level
Which structures lie in the intercostal groove?
VAN
Vein, arteries, nerve (intercostal)
What is meant by a true rib?
Attach to sternum with costal cartilage
Ribs 1-7
What is meant by a false rib?
Cartilage attaches to cartilage superior
What is the joint found between costal cartilage?
Interchondral joint
Which ribs are floating ribs?
No connection to the sternum
What two parts of the vertebra form the neural arch?
Pedicle and the lamina
What is dyspnoea?
Difficulty breathing
Which intercostal muscle layer is orientated inferoanteriorly?
Intercostal externus
Which intercostal muscle layers are orientated inferoposteriorly?
Intercostal internus
Intercostal innermost
What space does the external intercostal muscle fill up?
All the space as far as the costochondral junction anteriorly
What fills up the remaining part of the space between the between the sternum and the costochondral junction?
External intercostal membrane
What space does the internal intercostal muscle fill up?
Sternum to costal angle
What extends the internal intercostal muscle?
Internal intercostal membrane
What extends the innermost intercostal muscle?
Transversus thoracis muscles (most anterior)
Subcostalis muscles
Where can you find a collateral branch?
Just above the top of each rib
What are the tissue layers of the chest wall?
Skin Superficial fascia Deep fascia External intercostal muscle Internal intercostal muscle Innermost intercostal muscle Parietal pleura of the lung Pleaural cavity Visceral pleura
Where are axillary lymph nodes?
Root of the upper limb
Where are the superficial and deep inguinal lymph nodes?
Root of the lower limb
Where are the pectoral lymph nodes?
Around the pectoralis major muscle