Thorax Flashcards
•The _________ are positioned _____to the internal intercostal muscles
intercostal nerves, arteries and veins
deep
The internal thoracic artery is positioned _______ to the first six costal cartilages.
posterior (deep)
•The left phrenic nerve passes ______ to the root of the left lung.
anterior
•The left phrenic nerve is positioned ____to the pericardial sac.
lateral
•The left phrenic nerve passes _____to the ascending aorta.
lateral
•The right phrenic nerve is positioned______to the superior vena cava.
lateral
•The right phrenic nerve is positioned _____ to the pericardial sac
lateral
•The right phrenic nerve passes ____ to the root of the right lung.
anterior
•The arch of the aorta passes _____ to the pulmonary trunk.
superior
•The left vagus nerve passes directly _____to the arch of the aorta.
lateral
•The left recurrent laryngeal nerve passes ______to the ligamentum arteriosum.
posterior
•The left recurrent laryngeal nerve passes directly_____ to the arch of the aorta.
inferior
•The left vagus nerve passes_____to the left main bronchus.
posterior
•The right vagus nerve is positioned _____to the trachea.
lateral
•The right vagus nerve passes _____to the arch of the azygos vein and _____to the right main bronchus.
medial , posterior
•The superior vena cava is positioned ______ to the ascending aorta.
lateral (right)
•The azygos vein (arch) passes _______to the right main bronchus.
superior
•The transverse pericardial sinus is positioned ____to the ascending aorta and the pulmonary trunk.
posterior
•The esophagus is positioned _____to the trachea.
posterior
•The esophagus passes ______to the left main bronchus.
posterior
•The descending (thoracic) aorta passes _____to the left main bronchus.
posterior
•At the hilum of the left lung, the pulmonary artery is positioned _____to the main bronchus.
superior
•At the hilum of the left lung, the pulmonary veins are positioned ______ and ______to the main bronchus.
anterior, inferior
•At the hilum of the right lung, the pulmonary artery is positioned _____to the main bronchus.
anterior
•At the hilum of the right lung, the pulmonary veins are positioned ______to the main bronchus.
anterior
•At the hilum of the right lung, the pulmonary veins are positioned ______and _____to the pulmonary arteries.
anterior , inferior
•The right posterior intercostal arteries pass ______to the vertebral bodies
anterior
•The intercostal veins, arteries, and nerves are all positioned directly _____to the ribs.
inferior
•The sympathetic chain is positioned _____to the thoracic vertebral bodies.
lateral
•The descending (thoracic) aorta is positioned _____to the pericardial sac.
posterior
•The descending (thoracic) aorta is positioned to the_______ of the vertebral bodies.
left (lateral)
•The inferior vena cava is positioned to the _____of the descending aorta.
right
•The greater splanchnic nerve is positioned ______ to the sympathetic chain.
anterior - medial
•The esophagus is positioned _____to the pericardial sac.
posterior
•Near the diaphragm, the esophagus is positioned _____to the thoracic aorta.
anterior
•The thoracic duct is positioned directly ______to the thoracic vertebral bodies.
anterior
