Unit One Intercostal Spaces Flashcards
Thoracic wall components of posterior aspect
Twelve thoracic vertebrae, intervertebral discs
Thoracic wall components of lateral aspect
Twelve ribs, three flat muscles (intercostal spaces), intercostal vein, artery and nerve
Thoracic wall components anterior aspect
Sternum
What are the muscles of the thoracic wall
External intercostal, internal intercostal, innermost intercostal, subcostales, transversus thoracis
Function of muscles of the thoracic wall
Help maintain space between ribs
External intercostal active during
Inspiration
Internal intercostal active during
Expiration
Innermost intercostal function
Help maintain space between ribs
Subcostales muscle is on the same plane as
Innermost intercostalis muscle
Subcostales muscle spans
Multiple ribs by skipping a rib
Function of subcostales muscle
Pull down on ribs
Subcostales muscle is located on
Posterior thoracic wall
Transversus thoracis muscle comes off of the
Sternum
Transversus thoracis muscle is on the same plane as
Innermost intercostals
Transversus thoracis muscle secures what
Internal thoracic vessels to the wall
actions of the intercostal muscles
Support intercostal spaces during breathing and pull ribs nearer to one another
What are the contents in the intercostal spaces
External intercostal, internal intercostal, innermost intercostal, subcostales, transversus thoracis and intercostal vein, artery, and nerve
What are the branches of the internal thoracic artery
Superior epigastric artery, musculophrenic artery, anterior intercostal arteries, pericardiophrenic artery, and mediastinal artery