Thorax Flashcards
Correct statements about the costodiaphragmatic recess:
It is a space between costal and diaphragmatic pleura
It is the largest pleural recess
it does not contain air and lung
the following statements concerning the pleura is correct :
The costal pleura is supplied by the intercostal nerves
The mediastinal pleura is supplied by the phrenic nerve
The diaphragmatic pleura is supplied by the phrenic nerve
The visceral pleura is supplied by the autonomic nervous system
the following statements concerning the thoracic walls is correct:
It consists of the joints of the vertebral bodies
It consists of the sternocostal joints
It consists of the costovertebral joints
It consists of the costotransverse joints
Correct statements about the thoracic duct:
It is located behind the esophagus
It conveys to the blood the lymph from the lower limb
It originates in the cysterna chyli
It drains abdominal cavity
It drains left upper limb
it is located behind the esophagus
it conveys to the blood the lymph from the lower limb
it originates in the cysterna chyli
**Correct statements about the mammary glands :
Deep aspect is related to the pectoralis major
Mammary gland exists in**
the both sexes
Correct statements about the diaphragm:
it separates thoracic from the abdominal cavity
it is dome-shaped
it is supplied by the phrenic nerve
The sternal part is attached to the xiphoid process
**Aortic aperture is the lowest and most posterior of the large openings
The right crus is broader then left**
Structure that normally transit the diaphragm by way of the esophageal hiatus include the:
thoracic duct
azygos vein
Correct statements about the ribs:
They consist of the shaft, anterior and posterior end
The head presents two facets
Usually **there are twelve pairs
They form a large part of the thoracic wall
The body is flattened**
superior border is sharp
**All of the following statements concerning the thoracic vertebra are correct:
The body of the typical thoracic vertebra is**
waisted cylinder
The body of the typical thoracic vertebra has costal fovea
The superior articular processes project upwards
The spinous process slants back and downwards
posterior longitudinal ligament is inside the vertebral canal
anterior longitudinal ligament is strong band
intervertebral disc is interposed between adjacent surfaces of the vertebral bodies
disc consists of an outer laminated periphery
The transverse diameter is shorter than the anteroposterior diameter
**the following statements concerning the thoracic part of the sympathetic trunk is correct:
It supplies abdominal viscera**
All of the following correctly pertain to gray ramus communicans:
they terminate on smooth muscle
they consist of unmyelinated nerves
they are fibers of postsynaptic neurons
they occur nearly at all spinal level
All of the following statements concerning the joints of vertebral bodies are correct:
Posterior longitudinal ligament is inside the vertebral canal
Anterior longitudinal ligament is strong band
**Intervertebral disc is interposed between adjacent surfaces of the vertebral bodies
Disc consists of an outer laminated periphery**
Vertebral bodies are united by intervertebral disc
Anterior longitudinal ligament runs along the anterior surface of the vertebral column
**The following statements concerning the esophagus is correct:
The left atrium presses the anterior surface of the esophagus
The second constriction of the esophagus is caused by Aortic Arch**
Structure that normally transit the diaphragm by way of the esophageal hiatus include the:
Anterior Vagal Trunk
begins at cervical vi
**The following statements concerning the azygos vein is correct:
It arches over the right pulmonary root
It is located in the posterior mediastinum and right to thoracis duct
it drains the right posterior intercostal**
made by junction of right ascending lumbar and right subcostal vein
its formed by union of right subcostal and right ascending lumbar vein and join the superior vena cava
it drain right posterior intercostal vein
pericardium is the structure located in the middle medistinum
they are united by intervertebral disc
anterior longitudinal ligament runs along the anterior surface of the vertebral column
intervertebral discs interposed between adjacent surface of vertebral bodies
intervertebral disc composed of two parts