Thorax 1 and 2 Flashcards
Boney structures of the container
Verterbral column Ribs Manubrium Sternum Ziphoid Process (T10)
Vertebral Level of Zyphoid Process?
T10
Superior thoracic aperture
- bounded by?
- access to?
1st thoracic vert
1st pair of ribs / costal cartilages
manubrium
access to- head neck and upper limb
Inferior thoracic aperture
bounded by?
access to?
T12 Ribs 11 and 12 Costal margin (7-10) Ziphisternal Joint Diaphragm Access to: abdomen
Intercostal muscles
external - (down and anterior) internal - (down and posterior) innermost - (down and posterior) transversus thoracis subcostal
intercostal muscles attached to the sternum and ziphoid process?
Transversus Thoracis Muscles
subcostal muscles
- origin/insertion
- direction
angle of the ribs
2-3 ribs ‘above’
Subdivisions of the thoracic cavity
1 mediastinum
2 pleural cavity
Location of the ‘sternal angle’ (angle of louis)
- rib
- vertebral
Level of 2nd costal cartilage
T4-5
Veins involved in the return of peripheral blood in superior ms?
Internal jugular and Subclavian
Brachiocephalic vein
Superior Vena Cava
Structures at the sternal angle? (T4-5)
Ascending/Descending junction from Arch
Bifurcation of Trachea
Bifurcation of Pulmonary Trunk
Origination of the internal thoracic artery
Subclavian artery
Internal thoracic artery branches
- supplies?
Anterior intercostal arteries (intercostals) Pericardiacophrenic artery (pericardium) Musculophrenic artery (diaphragm) Superior Epigastric artery (abdominal wall - through dia)
Musculophrenic and Superior epigastric arteries
travels
Musculo - low and lateral to diaphragm
Superior - more medial
Posterior intercostal arteries
- origination
arise from descending aorta