Thorax Lecture and Embryology Flashcards
Location of trachea
cricoid cartilage to T5 (bifurcation at carina)
quiet inspiration
longitudinal expansion of diaphragm
forced inspiration
ribs move up due to contraction of external intercostals and diaphragm
quiet expiration
elastic recoil
forced expiration
intercostal and abdominal muscles shift abdominal contents upward to reduce volume
transverse process
articulates w tubercle on rib
articular facet
synovial joints bw adjacent vertebrae
1,9-12
only 1 articular facet on body
11&12
no articular facet on transverse process
trophoblast
placenta/chorion (syncytio spreads within uterine wall, cyto becomes outer lining)
blastocoele
the fluid-filled cavity of a blastula
zona pellucida
glycoproteins in outer covering
embryoblast
inner cell mass
morula
16 cell mass
epiblast
the outermost layer of an embryo before it differentiates into ectoderm and mesoderm.