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Thorax Flashcards

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Supplies and drains posterior and posterolateral ribcage.

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Posterior Wall

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Supplies and drains anterior and anterolateral ribcage

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Anterior Wall

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Drainage pattern of veins is _________.

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Symmetrical

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The right and left brachiocephalic vein merged together form the ________.

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Superior Vena Cava

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This vessel drains blood from right side of head and neck.

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Right Internal Jugular Vein

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This vessel drains blood from right upper limb.

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Right Subclavian Vein

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This vessel drains blood from left side of head and neck.

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Left Internal Jugular Vein

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This vessel drains blood from left upper limb.

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Left Subclavian Vein

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Branching pattern of the arteries is _________.

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Asymmetrical

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This vessel supplies head, limbs, and trunk.

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Aorta

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The brachiocephalic trunk, left common carotid a, and the left subclavian a all branch off the _________.

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Arch of the Aorta

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The right common carotid a and subclavian a come together to form _______.

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Brachiocephalic Trunk

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This vessel supplies blood to right side of head and neck.

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Right Common Carotid Artery

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This vessel supplies blood to right upper limb.

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Right Subclavian Artery

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This vessel supplies blood to left side of head and neck.

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Left Common Carotid Artery

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This vessel supplies blood to left upper limb.

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Left Subclavian Artery

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An area of the thorax (located in the midline; ‘a wall that stands between’) that contains many important structure like:

  1. Trachea and esophagus
  2. Heart and Great Vessels
  3. Right and Left Phrenic Nerves = Ventral rami of C3-5 spinal nerves.
  4. Right and Left vagus nerves
  5. Thymus gland
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Mediastinum

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In the adult heart, right and left sides are separate, forming a __________.

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Double Circuit

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Which side of the heart deals with only deoxygenated blood?

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Right

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20
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Which side deals with the more demanding job: oxygenated blood being sent all over the body?

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Left

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These vessels Are associated with some additional heart structures: septum and sulcus.

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Coronary

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This structure is the wall between two atrium or ventricle.

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Septum

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This structure is the ditch or groove.

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Sulcus

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There is always an artery and a vein that lie in a _____.

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Sulcus

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This system of blood vessels transports blood to and from the cardiac muscle tissue of the heart itself.
Coronary Circulation
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An enlarged pouch-like vein.
Sinus
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Draw and Label the Coronary Circulation
Page 46
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These vessels carry blood away from the heart and supply blood. They have thick walls.
Arteries
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These vessels drain blood back to the heart. They have thin walls.
Veins
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Deoxygenated blood is regenerated in the _____.
Lungs
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Draw and Label the Blood flow from the heart to body.
Pg. 48
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Early development of the heart occurs _____ of the developing thorax. The heart later pushes its way into its ________, like a fist.
Outside, Celomic Cavity
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The adult female human body contains fewer celomic spaces than males because males have _____ additional external celoms.
Two
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Two celomic spaces are in the _____.
Thorax
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Celoms associated with lungs is called _____.
Pleural Cavities (L and R)
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The outer lining of the lungs is called the _____.
Parietal Pleura
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The inner lining (folded around lungs) of the lungs is called the ______.
Visceral Pleura
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Celoms associated with the heart is called ______.
Pericardial Cavity
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The outer lining of the heart is called the _____.
Parietal Pericardium
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The inner lining of the heart is called the ______.
Visceral Pericardium
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Celoms associated with the abdominal and pelvic organs is called ______.
Peritoneal Cavity or Peritoneum
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The outer lining of the abdominal and pelvic organs is called the _____.
Parietal Peritoneum
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The inner lining of the abdominal and pelvic organs is called the _____.
Visceral Peritoneum
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The ________ is a muscular partition (also a general term for a sheet like muscle that forms a partition) that forms the boundary between two regions: thoracic and abdominal.
Diaphragm
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Only _______ have a muscular diaphragm.
Mammals
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The diaphragm is _______ skeletal muscle, and it originates from ______ somites in the embryo.
Hypaxial, Cervical
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The diaphragm is innervated by ______.
Phrenic Nerve
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The phrenic nerve is derived from _____.
Ventral Rami C3-C5 (keep diaphragm alive)
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At which thoracic vertebrae is the Inferior Vena Cava at?
T 8
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At which thoracic vertebrae is the Esophagus at?
T 10
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At which thoracic vertebrae is the Descending Aorta at?
T 12
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The spinal chord runs through a canal called the ________.
Vertebral Canal
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The vertebral canal is formed by all of the separate ______ stacked atop one another.
Vertebrae
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Spinal nerves emerge from the vertebral canal via the ______.
Intervertebral Formina
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Coverings of spinal cord and brain.
Spinal Meninges
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Tough mother, outermost covering of the spinal cord.
Dura Mater
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The middle layer of the meninges and it is closely associated with the overlying dura mater.
Arachnoid Mater
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A delicate, innermost, tight fitting sheath around the spinal cord.
Pia Mater
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The space between the arachnoid and pia mater.
Subarachnoid Space
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Its a one way street that contains sensory neurons only.
Dorsal Roots
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Cell bodies of sensory neurons are called ______.
Dorsal Root Ganglion
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Its a one way street that contains motor neurons only.
Ventral Roots
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This contains both motor and sensory neurons.
Spinal Nerve
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What does rami mean?
Two way street
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Dorsal Ramus and Ventral Ramus both have what kind of neurons?
Sensory and Motor Neurons.
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Ventral and dorsal parts
Frontal Plane
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Right and left halves
Mid Saggital
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Cranial and Caudal parts
Transverse Plan
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These four divisions thorax, abdomen, pelvis, perineum form the _____.
Trunk
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The segmental embryonic cells. Lie in pairs along developing spinal cord.
Somites
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Since vertebrates like us are segmental animals: we exhibit _______ ______ of structures along the longitudinal axis of the body.
Serial reptition
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Vertebrae and ribs, axial muscles (back and abs), urogenital system, and skin are derived from -____.
Somites
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Digestive system, respiratory, and body cavities (celoms) do not derive from _____.
Somites
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Vertebral column, ribs and sternum, Pelvis or Oscoxae make up
Axial Skeleton
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This replaces notochord as main body support, protects spinal cord, bears body weight
Vertebral column
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Upper and lower limbs and shoulder and pelvic girdles
Appendicular Skeleton
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This provides more attachment for muscles.
Vertebral processes
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Connects bone to bone.
Ligaments
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Each acts as a shock absorber for vertebrae
Intervertebral Disk
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Nucleus pulposus emerges through tear in an fibrosus presses a nerve (slipped)
Herniated disk
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A single whole is called ____
Foramen
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When a vertebra is not articulated with another, the intervertebral foramina are called ______.
Notches
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There two general types of curvature: primary and secondary. What is the difference?
Primary is from c shaped fetal vertebral column and secondary is from later for upright posture
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Abnormal thoracic curvature is called ___
Kyphosis
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Prominent lumbar curvature is called ____
Lordosis
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Abnormal lateral curvature is called ____.
Scoliosis
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Muscles occur in sets called ___.
Antagonistic pairs
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Extension of head neck and back is the bilateral action for ___ muscles.
Epaxial
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Lateral flexion of head and neck and back is the unilateral action for ___ muscles.
Epaxial
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What nerve innervates epaxial muscles?
Dorsal rami

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