Thorax Cont Flashcards
What are the primary muscles of inspiration?
- Diaphragm
- External intercostals
What are the accessory muscles of inspiration?
- SCM
- Scalenes
- Pect major and minor
- Serratus anterior
- Serratus posterior superior and inferior
What is the primary expirator of the lungs?
Elastic recoil of the lungs
wall has tension and wants to expel the air
What are the accessory expiration muscles?
- Internal intercostals
- Abdominal muscles
What is the blood source of the intercostal muscles?
-Thoracic Aorta
This artery serves the body wall
-Lumbar artery
This artery branches off of the subclavian and runs along the sternum and supplies blood to the anterior thorax
-Internal thoracic artery
These are 2 terminal branches off of the internal thoracic
- Musculophrenic a
- Superior epigastric a
What does the musculophrenic supply?
- Lower intercostal spaces and the diaphragm
- On the deep surface of the costal margin
What does the superior epigastric a supply?
Supplies anterior abdominal wall and musculature
Where does all venous blood drain in the thorax?
-The azygos vein
Describe the Azygos vein
- lies along the right side of the posterior thoracic wall
- unpaired
- crosses around T8
- Connects and goes into the superior and inferior vena cava
Describe the posterior intercostal veins
-Dump into the azygos vein
This vein serves the lower left of the thorax
Hemiazygos vein
This vein serves the upper left and collects blood from the upper intercostal spaces
Accessory hemiazygos vein
Where does the internal thoracic vein lie?
On the left side- opposite of the azygos vein
What dumps into the internal thoracic vein
The anterior intercostal vein
Are there any venous valves in the thorax?
NOPERS
This is a modified sweat gland and it is more deep and central (of the breast)
Glandular tissue
What does the glandular tissue secrete?
Colostrum
What is contained in the connective tissue of the breast?
Suspensory ligaments
-fibrous supportive structures
What does the breast contain a lot of?
Fat
These are dilated openings of the ducts in the nipple
Lactiferous sinuses
What are the layers and components of the breast from outside (nipple) to inside?
- Nipple with lactiferous sinuses
- Lactiferous ducts and fat
- Pectoral fascia
- Pectoralis major
- Superficial abdominal fascia
- Ribs/intercostals
The breasts typically stretch from ribs ___ to ___
ribs 2-6
Describe the axillary tail (of spence)
- Extension of outer upper quadrant
- Area where the majority of breast cancer occurs
There are ___ to ____ lobules
20-25
_______ give rise to buds that develop into 20-25 lobules of the mammary gland
Lactiferous ducts
What is the functional substance of the mammary gland?
Parenchyma
How many quadrants does the breast have?
4
What are the 2 main arteries that supply the breast?
- Internal thoracic a
- Lateral thoracic a
What are the 2 branches of the internal thoracic a that supply the breast?
- Perforating branches
- Medial mammillary branches
What are the branches off the lateral thoracic artery that supply the breast?
-Lateral mammary branches
What are 3 other arteries that supply the breast? (minorly)
- Anterior intercostal a
- Posterior intercostal a
- Thoracoacromial a- pectoral branch
How does breast cancer typically spread?
-Through the lymph nodes and via blood because the breast have many different arterial supplies
What are the 2 plexuses of the breast lympatics?
- Superficial plexus
- Deep plexus
Do most nodes drain ispilaterally/contralaterally?
Ipsilaterally