TOPIC 19C. Pleural cavity, mediastinum

Question 1

what is the pleural cavity

Answer 1

serous membrane in the thorax

two pleural sacs separated by medisatinum

Question 2

what does each sac enclose

Answer 2

a pleural cavity enclosed by serous fluid

Question 3

name the two sirfaces

Answer 3

pleura parietalis with costal diaphragm and mediastinal pleura
pleura pulmonalis

Question 4

name the 8 recesses of the pleural cavity

Answer 4

rec costomediastinalis
rec costodiaphragmmatica
rec mediastinalis
rec lumbodiaphragmaticus
rec mediastinodiaphragmaticus
rec sternomediastinalis
cavum serosum mediastini
cupula pleura

Question 5

what is the mediastinum

Answer 5

cavity below the left and right pleural cavities

Question 6

how can the mediastinum be divided

Answer 6

regions of the heart

Question 7

what are the regions of the mediastinum

Answer 7

precardiac, cardiac, postcardiac, dorsal and ventral

Question 8

what can be found in the precardiac region

Answer 8

thymus,
subclavian artery
cran mesenteric lymphnode
vagosympathetic trunk

Question 9

what can be found in the cardiac region

Answer 9

heart, phrenic nerve and pericardium

Question 10

what can be found in the postcardiac region

Answer 10

aorta, vena cava caudal
caud mesenteric lymphnode
dorsal and ventral vagosympathetic trunk
esophagus

Question 11

what can be found in the dorsal region

Answer 11

aorta thoracica

dorsal intercostal arteries

Question 12

what can be found in the ventral region

Answer 12

sympathetic trunk
a thoracica interna
rr mediastinalis
a musculophrenica

Question 13

name the lymphnodes present in the mediastinum

Answer 13

ln sternalis cran and cau
ln mediastinal - cran med caud
ln bifurcationalis - ln tracheobronchales sin med dex

Question 14

what ln are not found in ca

Answer 14

ln sternal caudal

ln mediastinal caudal