Thorax Flashcards
How many sternebrae are there?
6 or 7
The withers run between which vertebrae?
T2-T8
The heart is positioned between which IC spaces?
2 to 6
What are the names of the interventricular grooves and which is on the left/right side?
Paraconal interventricular groove - left; subsinuosal interventricular groove - right
The fossa ovalis is in which chamber? Where is it specifically and what is its name in the fetus?
Right atrium; depression in the interatrial septum just caudal to the intervenous tubercle; foramen ovale
What is the opening of the coronary sinus and where is it located?
The terminal end of venous drainage of the heart itself; ventral to entrance of caudal vena cava
The conus arteriosus is in which chamber?
Right ventricle
What is the trabecula septomarginalis and where is it located?
Muscular strand from septal to parietal wall that contains Purkinje fibers; right ventricle
What structure is unique to the bovine heart?
Ossa cordis - ossified fibrocartilage
Where is the puncta maxima in the horse (left/right)?
Left:
Pulmonary - 3rd IC low
Aortic - 4th IC high
Left A-V (mitral) - 5th IC low
Right:
Right A-V - 3rd-4th IC low
What is different about the puncta maxima in the cow?
Left A-V - 4th IC low
Scapula is in which IC space?
7
Olecranon is in which IC space?
5
Which muscle limits access to heart sounds and where does it extend from?
Triceps; caudal border of scapula to olecranon
*see previous notecards with IC spaces
Branches of the left subclavian a.
Costocervical trunk -Dorsal scapular Deep cervical Vertebral Internal thoracic Superficial cervical
Branches of the right subclavian a.
Costocervical trunk -Deep cervical -Dorsal scapular -Branch supplying 1st few intercostal aa. Vertebral Internal thoracic Superficial cervical
What is different about the subclavian branches in cattle?
Costocervical trunk gives rise to deep cervical and vertebral aa. on both the left and right side
The horse has which azygos vein?
Right
Ruminants have which azygos vein?
Left OR both
Thymus growth and location in the horse
Largest at 2 mos. then regresses, little remains after 3 years; cranial mediastinum