thorax/lungs Flashcards
True ribs
1-7 connect directly on sternum
False ribs
8-12 don’t connect to sternum
Floating ribs
11-12
Joint of head of rib articulates betw
Head of ribs, costal facet/demifacet and intervertebral discs
Intraarticular lig attaches
Rib crest to intervertebral disc
(R1,10,11,12 don’t have)
Radiate lig
Ant portion of joint capsule that attaches to 1 and or 2 vertebrae and intervertebral disc
Costotransverse joints articulate betw
Rib tubercle and transverse costal facets
Costotransverse lig runs from
Neck of rib to TP medially
Lat costotransverse lig runs from
Rib tubercle to TP lat
Sup costotransverse lig runs from
Neck of rib to TP above
Costochondral joints articulate betw
Ant ribs and costal cartilages
Sternocostal joints articulate betw
Costal cartilages and costal notches of sternum
Intercostal musc
External, internal, innermost intercostals
Subcostal musc run in direction
Same as internal/innermost intercostals (perpendicular to external)
During inspiration, diaphragm
Drops/flattens (inc vertical diameter of thoracic cavity)
As diaphragm flattens, intra-thoracic pressure ___ while intra-abdominal pressure ___
Dec
Inc
What resists downward mvt of diaphragm?
Central tendon (causes diaphragm to pull up on costal attachments raising ribcage and fell inc AP and transverse diameter of rib cage)
Thoracic cavity boundaries
Thoracic vertebrae, ribs, costal cartilages, sternum, diaphragmm, manubrium & T1
Thoracic outlet vs inlet
Out: diaphragm
In: manubrium, T1
Ant wall thoracic
Breast plate
Structures back of breast plate
R&L internal thoracic a and v (from subclavian and brachii Cephalic respec)
Ant intercostal a and v (fr internal thoracic a and v)
Post intercostal off thoracic aorta
Intercostal n (ventral rami)
What vein connects inf and sup vena cava?
Azygos vein
What vein connects L renal vein w azygos
Hemiazygos
What vein connects L brachiocephalic vein with azygos?
Accessory hemiazygos vein
Parietal pleura
Lines all of thoracic cavity, under breast plate
Visceral pleura
Surface of ling
Potential space betw parietal and visceral pleura
Pleural cavity/space
Trachea= start of what tract
Lower respiratory
Carina
Bifurcation trachea into mainstem bronchi
Found at lvl of sternal angle
Parenchyma
Gas exchange are of lungs (alveoli)
R lung ____ lobe
3: sup, middle, inf
L lung ____ lobe
2: sup, inf
Each lung = ___ bronchopulmonary segments
10
Root of lung
Hilum (vessels enter and exit lung)
Pulmonary vein carry___, arteries carry ___
O2 blood
De-O2 (mixed venous blood)
R lung primary bronchus is ______ than L
Wider, shorter and more vertical
L lung primary bronchus is ______ than R
Narrower, longer and less vertical
Cardiac notch
On L lung