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Thorax Flashcards

1
Q

What is the upper region that is continuous with the neck called?

A

superior thoracic aperture

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2
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What is the lower region of the thorax that is closed by the diaphragm called?

A

inferior thoracic aperture (thoracic outlet)

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3
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What are the 3 compartments of the thorax?

A

left and right pleural cavities
mediastinum

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4
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What do the left and right pleural cavities contain?

A

the lungs

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5
Q

Where is the second rib?

A

at the sternal angle

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6
Q

Where does the thorax begin?

A

at thoracic vertebra 1 and rib 1 to the manubrium

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7
Q

What is the sternal angle located in between?

A

sternum body and manubrium of sternum

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8
Q

What does the costochondral joint join?

A

the costal cartilage and the ribs

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9
Q

What are the bones that attach the arms and consist of the clavicle and shoulder blade called?

A

pectoral girdles

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10
Q

What ribs are the true ribs? (the sternum connects directly to the costal cartilage)?

A

ribs 1-7

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11
Q

What ribs are the false ribs? (their costal cartilages are attached to the cartilage of the next higher rib)?

A

ribs 8-10

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12
Q

What ribs are floating? (do not attach to the sternum and have no costal cartilages)?

A

ribs 11-12

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13
Q

What is the space between the ribs called?

A

intercostal

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14
Q

What is the space between the vertebrae called?

A

intervertebral discs

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15
Q

What are the sections of the superior mediastinum?

A

upper -T1 posteriorly

lower -the sternal angle (landmark for second rib)

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16
Q

What are the sections of the inferior mediastinum?

A

anterior -fat and thymus

middle -heart

posterior -aorta and oesophagus

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17
Q

What are the main vessels of the thorax?

A

vena cavae
pulmonary artery
pulmonary vein
aorta

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18
Q

What arteries supply the head?

A

common carotid arteries

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19
Q

What do the left and right common carotid arteries branch into?

A

internal and external carotid arteries

20
Q

What artery supplies the face, tongue, head (not brain)?

A

external carotid artery

21
Q

What artery supplies the head and neck?

A

internal carotid artery

22
Q

What are the first main branches of the aorta?

A

the left/right coronary arteries

23
Q

What side of the body is the brachiocephalic trunk?

A

right

24
Q

What does the brachiocephalic trunk divide into?

A

right common carotid artery
right subclavian artery

25
Q

What branch of the aorta goes on to supply the abdomen?

A

descending aorta

26
Q

What veins drain the head and neck?

A

left and right internal jugular

27
Q

What does the aorta branch into?

A

Brachiocephalic artery
Left common carotid artery
Left subclavian artery

28
Q

What do the left and right internal jugular veins join into?

A

Right subclavian vein
Left subclavian vein

29
Q

What do the right subclavian and left subclavian veins join into?

A

right and left brachiocephalic veins

30
Q

What do the right and left brachiocephalic veins drain into?

A

the superior vena cava

31
Q

What are the paired muscles found on the anterior vertebral column that when when both contract cause bending of the neck?

*hint - long muscles

A

longus colli

32
Q

What portion of the vertebra has sympathetic innervation?

A

T1-L2

33
Q

Where is the biggest lymphatic draining?

A

thoracic duct

34
Q

What is the greatest sympathetic nerve and where does it branch from?

A

Greater splanchnic T5-T9

35
Q

What is an extension of the left atrium?

A

left auricle

36
Q

What cervical nerves innervate the phrenic nerve in diaphragm?

A

3, 4, 5

37
Q

What is the cardiac plexus?

A

nerves to the heart

38
Q

What does the superior (accessory) hemiazygos vein drain?

A

posterior mediastinum veins

39
Q

What kind of tissue structure does the diaphragm have?

A

musculotendinous

40
Q

Where do diaphragm muscle fibres that arise from costal margins insert into?

A

central tendon

41
Q

How is the diaphragm shaped on either side and which is larger?

A

dome shaped on left and right however right is higher due to position of liver

42
Q

What kind of muscle is the diaphragm?

A

skeletal

43
Q

What is the phrenic nerve composed of?

A

cervical 3-5

44
Q

What fibres the phrenic nerve have?

A

motor and sensory

45
Q

What happens on inspiration?

A

muscle flattens

46
Q

What is the costodiaphragmatic recess?

A

larger of recesses found between the costal and diaphragmatic pleura of right and left pleural cavities. Provide space for the lungs to fill, but also fluid can accumulate in these.

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