Thorax Self Study Flashcards
Intercostal vein - location
With Nerve and Artery in Costal groove - inferior border of superior rib
True Ribs - name
1-7
False Ribs - name
8, 9, 10
Floating Ribs - name
11, 12
Atypical Ribs - name, explain
1 - single facet on head, atypical shape
2 - tuberosity on body
10-12 - single facet on head
11-12 - short, no neck, no tubercle
Costal Margin - define
continuous cartilaginous bar formed by ribs 7-10
Thoracic Wall Arteries - name
- Supreme Intercostal Artery Aorta (P) - Posterior Intercostal Artery Internal Thoracic Artery (A) - Anterior Intercostal Artery - Musculophrenic Artery - Superior Epigastric Artery
Thoracic Wall Veins - name
Azygos Vein - Posterior Intercostal vein - Accesory Hemiazygos vein - Hemiazygos vein Internal Thoracic vein - Anterior Intercostal vein
Air way progression
Trachea -> Right and Left Main Bronchus -> R & L Superior, Middle and Inferior Lobe Bronchus, -> Tertiary Bronchi of Lobe
Aspirated material most likely to enter _____ b/c ____
Right Main Bronchus, its wider and straighter
Where are the phrenic and vagus nerves with respect to the root of the lung? Azygos vein?
REFER TO IMAGE in self study
Pleural Layers
Parietal and VIsceral
Where is fluid likely to accumulate, if present in the pleural cavity if the person is standing up?
Pleural Recesses
- Costodiaphragmatic Recess
- Costomediastinal Recess
Vicersal Pleura - blood supply and innervation
BS - Bronchial Plexus
N - Pulmonary plexus, GVE & GVA
Parietal Pleura - blood supply and innervation
BS - Arteries of Thoracic Wall
N - Phrenic Nerves, Intercostal Nerves, GSA (??+ GVE,, GVA)
