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Thoracic Wall Flashcards

1
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What is the superior thoracic aperture?

A

Passage of structures between thorax and upper limb/neck

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What are the boundaries of the superior thoracic aperture?

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  • Body T1
  • 1st pair of ribs and costal cartilage
  • superior border of manubrium
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3
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What is the inferior thoracic aperture?

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allows passage of structures between thorax and abdomen

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4
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what are the boundaries of the inferior thoracic aperture

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  • body T12
  • 11th/12th ribs
  • costal cartilage ribs 7-10
  • xiphisterna joint
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5
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How do true ribs connect to sternum (1-7)

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connect via own cartilage

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6
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how to false ribs connect to the sternum (8-10)

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connect indirectly via cartilage of ribs above

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7
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how do floating ribs connect to sternum (11-12)

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no connection to thoracic cage

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8
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describe a the features of a typical rib

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  • 3rd - 9th rib
  • wedge shaped head
  • 2 articular facets separated by crest
  • neck connects body and head at tubercle
  • tubercle with articular and non articular parts
  • thin, flat and curved body
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9
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describe features of the 1st rib (atypical)

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  • single facet on head
  • only articulates with T1
  • grooves for subclavian vessels on superior surface
  • separated by scalene tubercle
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10
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describe features of the 2nd rib (atypical)

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  • rough area on upper surface
  • tuberosity for serratus anterior muscle
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11
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describe the features of the 10th-12th ribs (atypical)

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  • single facet on head
  • articulate with single vertebra
  • 11th-12th are short with no neck or tubercle
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12
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what joints lie between IV discs

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2nd degree cartilaginous joints

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13
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what joints lie between articular facets of vertebrae

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synovial plane joints

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14
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what type of sternocostal joint is at the 1st rib

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1st degree cartilaginous joint

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15
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what type of sternocostal joint is at ribs 2-7

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synovial plane joints

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16
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describe the Interchondral joints of ribs 6-10

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synovial plane between 6-9
fibrous between 9-10

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17
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what is the main muscle of respiration

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diaphragm

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18
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what innervates the diaphragm

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Phrenic nerve - anterior rami C3,4,5

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19
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what are the secondary muscles of respiration

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  • scalene
  • serratus posterior muscles
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20
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what innervates the pectoralis major?

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  • medial pectoral nerve (ant. rami C8-T1)
  • lateral pectoral nerve (ant rami C5-7)
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21
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what innervates the pectoralis minor

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  • medial pectoral nerve (ant. rami C8-T1)
22
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what innervates the external oblique

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  • ant. rami T7-T12
23
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what innervates the rectus abdominus

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  • ant. rami T7-12
24
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what innervates the serratus anterior

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  • long thoracic nerve (ant. rami C5-7)
25
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what innervates the anterior scalenes

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  • ant. rami C3-7
26
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what innervates middle scalenes

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  • ant. rami C4-7
27
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what innervates the posterior scalenes

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  • ant. rami C5-7
28
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what innervates serratus posterior superior

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  • 2nd-5th intercostal nerves
29
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what innervates the serratus posterior inferior

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  • ant. rami T9-12
30
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describe the external intercostal muscles

A
  • fibres pass downwards and forwards
  • from tubercles of ribs to costochondral junction
31
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what innervates the external intercostal muscles

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  • ant. rami T1-11
32
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describe the internal intercostal muscles

A
  • fibres pass down and back
  • from sternum to angle of ribs
33
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what innervates the internal intercostal muscles

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intercostal nerves

34
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describe the innermost intercostal muscles

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  • deepest layer
  • fibres pass down and back
  • very thin
  • often incomplete
35
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what innervates the innermost intercostal muscles

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intercostal nerves

36
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describe the subcostal muscles

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  • deep
  • near angle of ribs
  • spans 1-2 intercostal spaces
37
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what innervates the subcostal muscles

A

intercostal nerves

38
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describe the transversus thoracis

A

radiates from sides of sternum to costal cartilages 2-6

39
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what innervates the transversus thoracis

A

intercostal nerves

40
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where does the neurovascular plane lie

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between internal and innermost intercostal muscles

41
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what runs in the costal groove

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  • intercostal Vein
  • intercostal Artery
  • intercostal Nerve
    (VAN)
42
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Where does the 1st and 2nd posterior intercostal artery arise from

A

supreme intercostal artery (branch of costocervical trunk from subclavian artery)

43
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where does the 3rd-11th (and subcostal 12th) posterior intercostal artery arise from

A

thoracic aorta

44
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where does the 1st-6th anterior intercostal artery arise from

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direct from internal thoracic artery

45
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where does the 7-9th anterior intercostal artery arise from

A

musculophrenic artery

46
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describe the venous drainage of the right hand side body wall

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  • 1st intercostal vein directly into right brachiocephalic vein
  • rest drain directly into azygos vein
47
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describe venous drainage of the left hand side body wall

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  • veins 1-4 drain into left brachiocephalic vein
  • veins 5-8 drain directly to accessory hemiazygos vein
  • veins 9-11 drain to hemiazygos vein
48
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describe lymphatic drainage of the thoracic wall

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  • anterior and lateral body wall drains to anterior and pectoral lymph nodes
  • posterior chest wall drains to axillary nodes
49
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describe arterial supply to the breast

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  • lateral mammary branches from lateral thoracic artery
  • medial mammary branches from internal thoracic artery
50
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describe venous drainage of the breast

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  • venous drainage by medial and lateral mammary veins
51
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describe the lymphatics of the breast

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  • 75% to axillary nodes
  • rest to parasternal nodes

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