Thorax Flashcards
Lungs normally mature at?
36 weeks
Transverse processes of T3 articulate which part of the ribs?
Tubercle of the 3rd rib
Structures located at the level of the sternal angle of Louis. (5)
- Second ribs articulation with the sternum
- Aortic arch beginning and ending
- Trachea bifurcation into R/L bronchi
- Inferior border of Superior mediastinum
- Level of Intervertebral disc T4-T5
True ribs
Ribs 1-7
False ribs
Ribs 8-10
Floating or free ribd
Ribs 11 & 12
Weakest parts of the ribs?
Anterior to its angle
Characteristics of typical ribs? (4)
- A head with 2 facets
- A neck
- A tubercle
- A twisted body
Rib 1 is atypical because it has. (3)
- Head with 1 facet
- Horizontal body
- Scalene tubercle with 2 depressions for the subclavian artery & vein
Tip: lahat nang may 1 , 1 lang ang facet
( Rib 1, 10, 11, 12)
What is damaged when an object is impaled in the first ICS?
Upper half of the Superior Vena Cava
What is damaged when an object is impaled in the second ICS?
Lower half of the Superior Vena Cava
Muscle whose origin is the vertebra that works by elevating the ribs.
Serratus Posterior Superior
Thoracic duct drains Lymph from most of the body except?
- Right side of the head & neck
- Right upper extremity
- Right breast & Right lung - Drained by Right lymphatic duct
Thymus & Inferior Parathyroid gland arises from?
3rd Pharyngeal Pouch
Hassall corpuscles is found in the?
Thymus ( Cortex)
Right border of the heart is formed by?
Right atrium
SVC
IVC
Man with the history of RHD. PE showed significant diastolic murmur. Affected valve best evaluated at which location?
Left 5th ICS ( Mitral Valve)
Accompanying artery of the great cardiac vein?
Anterior Interventricular Artery
Accompanying artery of the middle cardiac vein?
Posterior Interventricular Artery
Accompanying artery of the small cardiac vein?
Right Marginal Artery
Triangle of Koch Boundaries? (3)
3Ts of Koch
1. Tricuspid
2. Tunnel of Coronary Sinus
3. Tendon of Todaro
Tributaries of Coronary Sinus?
- Great Cardiac Vein
- Small Cardiac Vein
- Middle Cardiac Vein
- Oblique Vein
Which 5 veins directly drain into the RA?
- SVC
- IVC
- Coronary Sinus
- Anterior Cardiac Vein
- Thesbian Veins ( Smallest Cardiac Veins)
What is the valve of the IVC?
Eustachian Valve
(VICE ganda) IVCEust
What is the valve of Coronary Sinus?
Thesbian Valve
What is the smooth part of the RA?
Sinus Venarum
(Smooth Vena)
What is the rough part of the RA?
Pectinate Muscles / Muscusli Pectinati
Which separates the smooth & rough part of the RA?
Crista Terminalis Internally
Sulcus Terminalis Externally
What is the remnant of foramen ovale?
Fossa Ovalis
Failure of Fossa Ovalis to close results in?
ASD ( MC Type: Secundum)
What is the ear-like structure in RA?
Auricle
Major Coronary Veins & accompanying arteries:
**Great Cardiac Vein **
Anterior Interventricular Artery
Most commonly occluded Coronary Artery?
LAD : Left Anterior Descending Artery
Major Coronary Veins & accompanying arteries:
**Middle Cardiac Vein **
Posterior Interventricular Artery
Posterior Interventricular Artery origins in codominance with?
- Right Coronary Artery
- Circumflex branch of the Left Coronary Artery
Right coronary artery branches? (4)
- Right conus artery
- Anterior & Posterior Ventricular branches
- Posterior Interventricular ( Descending) Artery
- Atrial branches
(RAPPA)
RCA descends in the Right Coronary Sulcus
Left coronary artery branches? (2)
- Anterior Interventricular ( Left Anterior Descending) Artery
- Circumflex Artery
LCA passes forward between the Pulmonary Trunk and the Left Auricle.
Right coronary artery arises from?
- Right Anterior Aortic Sinus
- Left coronary artery : Left Posterior Aortic Sinus
Blood supply of SA and AV Nodes?
Right Coronary Artery