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Thorax Cont Flashcards

1
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What are the primary muscles of inspiration?

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  • Diaphragm

- External intercostals

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What are the accessory muscles of inspiration?

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  • SCM
  • Scalenes
  • Pect major and minor
  • Serratus anterior
  • Serratus posterior superior and inferior
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3
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What is the primary expirator of the lungs?

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Elastic recoil of the lungs

wall has tension and wants to expel the air

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4
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What are the accessory expiration muscles?

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  • Internal intercostals

- Abdominal muscles

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5
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What is the blood source of the intercostal muscles?

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-Thoracic Aorta

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6
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This artery serves the body wall

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-Lumbar artery

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7
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This artery branches off of the subclavian and runs along the sternum and supplies blood to the anterior thorax

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-Internal thoracic artery

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8
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These are 2 terminal branches off of the internal thoracic

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  • Musculophrenic a

- Superior epigastric a

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9
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What does the musculophrenic supply?

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  • Lower intercostal spaces and the diaphragm

- On the deep surface of the costal margin

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10
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What does the superior epigastric a supply?

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Supplies anterior abdominal wall and musculature

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11
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Where does all venous blood drain in the thorax?

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-The azygos vein

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12
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Describe the Azygos vein

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  • lies along the right side of the posterior thoracic wall
  • unpaired
  • crosses around T8
  • Connects and goes into the superior and inferior vena cava
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13
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Describe the posterior intercostal veins

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-Dump into the azygos vein

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14
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This vein serves the lower left of the thorax

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Hemiazygos vein

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15
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This vein serves the upper left and collects blood from the upper intercostal spaces

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Accessory hemiazygos vein

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16
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Where does the internal thoracic vein lie?

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On the left side- opposite of the azygos vein

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17
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What dumps into the internal thoracic vein

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The anterior intercostal vein

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18
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Are there any venous valves in the thorax?

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NOPERS

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19
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This is a modified sweat gland and it is more deep and central (of the breast)

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Glandular tissue

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20
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What does the glandular tissue secrete?

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Colostrum

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21
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What is contained in the connective tissue of the breast?

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Suspensory ligaments

-fibrous supportive structures

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22
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What does the breast contain a lot of?

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Fat

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23
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These are dilated openings of the ducts in the nipple

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Lactiferous sinuses

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24
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What are the layers and components of the breast from outside (nipple) to inside?

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  • Nipple with lactiferous sinuses
  • Lactiferous ducts and fat
  • Pectoral fascia
  • Pectoralis major
  • Superficial abdominal fascia
  • Ribs/intercostals
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25
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The breasts typically stretch from ribs ___ to ___

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ribs 2-6

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26
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Describe the axillary tail (of spence)

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  • Extension of outer upper quadrant

- Area where the majority of breast cancer occurs

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27
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There are ___ to ____ lobules

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20-25

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28
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_______ give rise to buds that develop into 20-25 lobules of the mammary gland

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Lactiferous ducts

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29
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What is the functional substance of the mammary gland?

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Parenchyma

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30
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How many quadrants does the breast have?

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4

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31
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What are the 2 main arteries that supply the breast?

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  • Internal thoracic a

- Lateral thoracic a

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32
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What are the 2 branches of the internal thoracic a that supply the breast?

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  • Perforating branches

- Medial mammillary branches

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33
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What are the branches off the lateral thoracic artery that supply the breast?

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-Lateral mammary branches

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34
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What are 3 other arteries that supply the breast? (minorly)

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  • Anterior intercostal a
  • Posterior intercostal a
  • Thoracoacromial a- pectoral branch
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35
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How does breast cancer typically spread?

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-Through the lymph nodes and via blood because the breast have many different arterial supplies

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36
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What are the 2 plexuses of the breast lympatics?

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  • Superficial plexus

- Deep plexus

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37
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Do most nodes drain ispilaterally/contralaterally?

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Ipsilaterally

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38
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What do most fluid drain into?

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Axillary Node (75%)

39
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What lines the 2 pulmonary cavities

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Endothoracic fascia

40
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What is continuous with endothoracic fascia

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Prevertebral fascia

41
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What fascia blends into the pericardial fascia?

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Pretrachial

42
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T/F- there is a fascial connection between the endothoracic pleural and the diaphragm

43
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What is the most superficial fascia of the pulmonary cavity?

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Endothoracic fascia

44
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What are the 2 layers of pleura in the pulmonary cavity?

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  • Parietal pleura

- Visceral pleura

45
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What part of the lung is not covered by pleura

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The root structures

46
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This is the space between the ribs and the diaphragm that is not completely filled with the lungs but it has potential to be if the lungs expand

A

The costodiaphragmatic recess

47
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What are the 3 surfaces that are in contact with the lungs

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  • Costal
  • Diaphragmatic
  • Mediastinal
48
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What is the significance of cervical pleura

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  • It exists

- The apexes of the lungs go up and behind the clavicle so there needs to be pleural there as well

49
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What rib is the horizontal fissure of the right lung at, and what 2 lobes does that divide?

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  • 4th rib

- Separates the superior and the middle lobe

50
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If there was fluid in the pericardial space, where would you insert the needle to remove it?

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Left side in the intercostal space of the 5th rib

51
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If you are on the posterior side, what lobes of the lungs are you really percussing/analyzing?

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Inferior lobes

52
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How many lobes does the right lung have

53
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What are the 4 impressions in the right lung?

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  • Azygos
  • Esophageal
  • Cardiac
  • SVC
54
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How many lobes are in the left lung?

55
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What impressions are in the left lung?

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  • Cardiac notch
  • Cardiac impression
  • Groove for arch and thoracic aorta
56
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What define a bronchopulmonary segment?

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Tertiary bronchus

57
Q

Are the tracheal rings complete rings?

58
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What airway is larger and more verticle?

A

The right bronchus

59
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Each lobar serves ___ lobe

60
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Describe the arteries and veins in the lung

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  • 1 pulmonary artery
  • 3 bronchial arteries (1 right and 2 left)
  • 2 pulmonary veins
61
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What do the pulmonary veins do?

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Collect O2 rich blood and deliver it to left atrium

62
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Where are the bronchial arteries located?

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  • On the surface of the airway

- Very small branches that supply the airway

63
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What is another name for bronchopulmonary nodes?

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  • Hilar nodes

- Occur where bronchi go into lungs

64
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Where does right lymphatics drain

A

Right lymphatic duct

65
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Where does the left lymphatics drain

A

Thoracic duct

66
Q

What innervates the lungs?

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The vagus (parasympathetic) and splentic (sympathetic) nerve

67
Q

What 2 nerves are responsible for providing somatosensory (localized pain) to the costal pleura?

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  • Intercostal n

- Phrenic nerve

68
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What are the targets for the vagus and splentic nerve

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SM, vessels, and mucus glands

69
Q

Sympathetic stimulation causes….

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  • Bronchodilation

- vessel vasoconstriction

70
Q

When dividing the mediastinum into superior and inferior, what is the divider and where does it occur

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  • Transverse thoracic plane

- Occurs at T4 and 5 (trachea also ends here)

71
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What are the 3 divisions of the inferior mediastinum

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  • Anterior
  • Middle
  • Posterior
72
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What are the contents of the superior mediastinum?

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  • Thymus
  • Great vessels (brachiocephalic veins, SVC, aortic arch and branches)
  • Phrenic nerve
  • Pericardiophrenic artery
  • Vagus nerve
  • L. recurrent laryngeal nerve
  • Trachea
  • Esophagus
  • Thoracic duct
73
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Where does the thoracic duct sit?

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Between the esophagus and the thoracic aorta

-from the abdomen crosses and goes through the superior mediastinum to left venous angle

74
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Where does the vagus nerve sit in relation to the root structures?

75
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Where does the phrenic nerve sit compared to the root structures?

76
Q

What nerve sits between the arch of the aorta and the SVC?

A

Phrenic nerve

77
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What direction does the outflow of the aorta go?

78
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What part of the heart sits on either side of the transverse thoracic plane?

A

Ascending aorta (below plane) and aortic arch (above plane)

79
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What is contained in the anterior mediastium

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  • Thymus
  • Lymph nodes
  • Fat
  • Connective tissue (sternopericardium ligaments)
80
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What are the contents of the posterior mediastinum

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  • Thoracic aorta
  • Tracheobronchal lymphnodes
  • Azygos vein
  • Hemiazygos vein
  • Thoracic Splanchnic nerves (greater, lesser, least)
  • Vagus nerve
  • Esophageal plexus
81
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What are the contents of the middle mediastinum?

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  • Pericardial sac
  • Heart
  • Cardiac nerve plexus
  • Roots of great vessels
  • Phrenic nerve
  • Pericardiacophrenic artery
82
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Describe the cardiac nerve plexus

A
  • Vagal stimulation of the heart

- On the surface of ascending aorta

83
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What are the 2 components of the fibrous pericardium?

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  • Sternopericardial ligaments

- Pericardiacophrenic ligaments

84
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What are the 2 layers of serous pericardium

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Parietal and visceral

85
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What is the pericardial space

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The potential space between the parietal and visceral pericardium

86
Q

What are the 2 sinuses of the heart?

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  • Transverse pericardial sinus

- Oblique pericardial sinus

87
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This sinus is between the arteries and the veins

A

Transverse pericardial sinus

88
Q

This sinus is between the pulmonary veins and the inferior vena cava

A

Oblique pericardial sinus

89
Q

What is cardiac tamponade?

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-Too much pressure on the heart do to too much fast fluid accumulation

90
Q

What are the 3 layers of the blood vessel

A
  • Tunica intima
  • Tunica media
  • Tunica adventitia
91
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What are the 3 layers of the heart

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  • Endocardium
  • Myocardium
  • Epicardium
92
Q

This covers the valves and continues with the endothelium of vessels

A

Endocardium

93
Q

This attaches to great vessels and it is what muscles are attached to

A

Fibrous pericardium

94
Q

Look over coronary vasculature

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