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What is the thoracic wall?

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the boundary of the thoracic cavity

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what is the function of the thoracic wall?

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provides protection for heart and lungs, supports pectoral girdle, and upper limbs, assists in breathing

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What does the oesteocartilaginous thoracic cage include?

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the sternum
12 pairs of ribs
costal cartilages
12 thoracic vertebrae
intervertebral discs

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What is the function of intercostal spaces? How many are there?

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seperate adjacent ribs, 11 intercostal spaces, 1 subcostal space below 12th rib

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What is the superior thoracic aperture?

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doorway between the thoracic cavity and the neck and upper limb

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What is the superior thoracic aperture formed by?

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T1, 1st rib and costal cartilage, and border of the manubrium

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What is the function of the inferior thoracic aperature?

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provides attachment for the diapraghm which protrudes upwards so that upper abdominal viscera recieve protection from throacic cage

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What is the inferior thoracic aperature formed by?

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T12, ribs 11-12, costal cartilage of ribs 7-10, and the xiphisternal joint

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what is the costal arch?

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continuous cartilaginous margin formed by articulated cartilages of the 7-10th ribs

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What are the true ribs, where do they attach?

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ribs 1-7 attacg to sternum directly via costal cartilage

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What are the false ribs, where do they attach

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ribs 8-12
8-10 attach indirectly to superior costal cartilage do not attach to sternum directly
11-12 “floating” no anterior attachment

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The spongy interior bone of ribs is ______

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hematopoietic

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in the 3rd through 9th ribs, the head of the rib has _____ facets seperated by the crest

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2

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inferior rib facet articulates with the _______ ________ facet on the body of the the numerically corresponding vertebrae

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superior costal

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The superior rib facet articulates with the _____ _______ facet of the ________ vertebrae

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inferior costal, superior

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What do the costovertebral joints consist of?

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the joint head of the rub and the costotransverse joint

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the rib moves around an _____ that traverses the head and _______ of the rib

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axis, neck

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the tubercle of the rib has an ________ facet that forms a ________ articulation with the transverse process of the corresponding vertebrae, the non articular part is attachment site of the _____________ ligament

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articular, synovial, costotransverse

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the body of the rib is ______ and flat, and contains a ________ groove along the inner inferior border

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thin, costal

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The angle is where ribs begin to turn ___________

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anterolaterally

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What are the atypical ribs?

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1st, 2nd, 10th-12th

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What are the features of the 1st rib?

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broad, two subclavian grooves separated by a scalene tubercle, single facet and only articulates with T1

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What are the features of the 2nd rib

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has scalene tubercle, serratus anterior tuberosity

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what are the features of ribs 10-12?

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have single facet, and articulate only with numerically corresponding vertebrae

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Ribs ____ and _____ do not have necks or rib tubercles and do not articulate with the vertebral transverse processes
11, 12
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What are the three regions of the sternum?
manubrium, body, xiphoid process
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what are the 3 important anatomical landmarks of the sternum?
jugular notch, sternal angle, xiphisternal joint
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the sternum has a pair of clavicular notches and __ pairs of costal notches
7
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________ increases the anteroposterior and transverse dimensions of the thoracic cage
inspiration
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_________ is the primary inspiratory muscle
diaphragm
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What are the upper limb and pectoral girdle muscles attached to the thoracic cage?
pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, serratus anterior, latissimus dorsi, scalenes
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How are the external intercostal muscles orientated in the thoracic cage?
superficial layer inferoanteriorly, anteriorly replaced with the external intercostal membrane
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How are the inter intercostal muscles orientated in the thoracic cage?
intermediate layer inferoposteriorly, posteriorly replaced with the internal intercostal membrane
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What is the 3rd deepest muscle layer in the thoracic cage composed of ?
innermost intercostals, subcostals, transversus thoracis
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What are the accessory respiratory muscles of the thoracic wall
serratus posterior superior, serratus posterior inferior, levatores costarum
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________ pairs of spinal nerves exit the ____________ foramina and divide into _____________ and __________ rami
12, intervertebral, anterior, posterior
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Posterior rami innervate specific segments of the back muscles, which ones? What else do they innervate?
erector spinae, multifidus, rotatores zygopophyseal joints, overlying skin of the back and dorsum of the neck
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Anterior rami continue as ________ nerves (T1-T11) and the _______ nerve (T12) that innervate specific segments of the _______________ wall musculature and overlying skin of the ______ thoracic wall and __________ wall
intercostal, subcostal, thoracic, anterolateral, abdominal
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at the angle of the ribs, ______________ nerves primarily run between internal intercostal and innermost intercostal muscles within the costal grooves.
intercostal
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What is VAN?
intercostal arteries and veins
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Where do colateral branches pass between?
innermost and internal intercostal muscles
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What gives rise to the collateral branches that run along the superior border of ribs below?
intercostal nerves
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What is a dermatome?
a specific segment of skin supplied by the sensory neurons of a specific spinal nerve
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what is a myotome?
a specific segment of muscle supplied by the motor neurons of a specific spinal nerve
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dermatomes and myotomes are both used as ________ _________ tools
clinical diagnostic
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shingles follows a ___________, because it is stored in the ___________ _______ ganglion of a specific spinal nerve
dermatome, dorsal root
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What does the subclavian artery branch into? What do they flank?
left and right internal thoracic arteries, flank the sternum
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The internal thoracic arteries branch pairs of _______ ______ arteries (1st-6th intercostal spaces) and ____________ arteries (7th-9th intercostal spaces) to supply the anterior portion of the intercostal spaces
anterior intercostal, musculophrenic
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the _________ _________ artery is a terminal branch of the internal thoracic arteries
superior epigastric
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the descending thoracic aorta gives rise to ________ __________ arteries and _________ arteries to supply the posterior portion of the interocstal spaces
posterior intercostal, collateral
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the __________ ___________ arteries give rise to the 1st and 2nd posterior intercostal arteries which supplies blood to the _____ and _____ intercostal spaces
supreme intercostal, 1st, 2nd
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the _________ arteries (branches of thoracic aorta) supply a small area inferior to the 12th rib
subcostal
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_________ pairs of posterior intercostal arteries drain the posterior portion of the thoracic wall via the ______ and ______ veins
11, azygous and hemiazygous
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_____ pairs of anterior intercostal veins (which anastomose with posterior intercostal veins) drain anterior portion of thoracic wall via the __________ ______ veins
11, internal thoracic
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subcostal veins (branches of the thoracic aorta) drains small area inferior to the _____ rib via the _____________ and __________ vein
12th, azygous and hemiazygous
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Where does the bed of the breasts extend from?
2nd - 6th ribs
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Axillary process of the breast extends towards or into the _____ fossa
axillary, axillary
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What does the breast consist of?
nipple, areola, fat lobules, mammary gland lobules, and lactiferous ducts and sinuses
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where is the retromammary space located?
between breast and fascia of pec major and serratus anterior muscles
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what is the function of the suspensory ligaments, what are they attached to
suspend breast tissue, attached tighly to dermis
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The deeper regions of the breast are supplied by __________ ___________ arteries
posterior intercostal
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mammary glands are supplied medially aspect by ________ branches of the _______ thoracic artery and laterally by mammary branches if the _______ thoracic artery
mammary, internal, lateral
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mammary veins drain into the ______ vein and the _______ thoracic veins
axillary, internal
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The lymph of the ________ tissue enters subareolar lymphatic _______
glandular, plexus
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_____ of lymph drains into axillary lymph nodes which in turn are drained by the __________ lymphatic trunks
75% subclavian
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______ of lymph drains into the ________ positioned parasternal lymph nodes which is drained by the _______ duct (left breast) or right _________ duct (right breast)
25%, medially, thoracic, lymphatic
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How are breasts innervated?
4th-6th interoctsal nerves
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