The Great Vessels and Diaphragm Flashcards
___ is the most important muscle of respiration
diaphragm
Cite the openings of the diaphragm
IVC at T8
Esophageal at T10
Aortic at T12
___ part of the diaphragm contains the right crus, left crus and medial arcuate
Vertebral part
The diaphragm is innervated by?
Phrenic nerve
Cite the muscles used during forced Inspiration
- External intercostals
2. Accessory Muscles: SCM, serratus anterior, alae nasi, genioglossus, arytenoid
Cite the muscles used during forced expiration
- Internal Intercostals
2. Abdominal Muscles
What are the branches of the arch of the aorta?
- Brachiocephalic trunk
- Left Common Carotid
- Left subclavian
What muscle divides the subclavian artery into 3 parts?
scalenus anterior
What are the branches of the first part of the subclavian artery?
- vertebral
- Thyrocervical
- Internal thoracic
The vertebral artery passes through the ___ before it ascends to the foramen magnum
transverse foramina
The first part of the subclavian artery contains the thyrocervical trunk. What are its branches
- Inferior thyroid
- Superficial cervical
- Suprascapular
The second part of the subclavian artery has a branch ____
Costocervical
Which part of the subclavian artery lie behind the scalenus anterior?
second part
The third part of the subclavian artery lies behind the
first rib
What are the unpaired branches of the thoracic descending aorta?
- Bronchial
- Pericardial
- Esophageal
- Mediastinal
What are the paired branches of the thoracic descending aorta?
- Posterior intercostal
2. Superior phrenic
What are the unpaired branches of the abdominal aorta
- Celiac trunk
- Superior mesenteric
- Inferior mesenteric
What are the paired branches of the abdominal descending aorta?
- Inferior phrenic
- Adrenal
- Renal
- Gonadal
- Lumbar
The celiac trunk arises at the level of what thoracic vertebra?
T12
The inferior mesenteric artery arises at the level of what thoracic vertebra?
L4
The renal artery arises at the level of what vertebra?
L1
The aorta pierces the diaphragm at the level of what thoracic vertebra?
T12