Week 4 DONE Flashcards
Define superior thoracic aperture
- thoracic inlet -opening at the top of the thoracic cavity.
List boundaries of the superior thoracic aperture
- formed laterally by the 1st pair of ribs and their costal cartilages, anteriorly by the manubrium of the sternum, and posteriorly by the body of T1 vertebra
Significance of the superior thoracic aperture in relation to the neck
deep structures of the neck are the prevertebral muscles, located posterior to the cervical viscera and anterolateral to the cervical vertebral column and the viscera extending through the superior thoracic aperture,
term used to define junction between thorax and neck
root of the neck
major structures found in deep neck
anterior and lateral vertebral or prevertebral muscles
anterior vertebral muscles - consist of - location
- longus colli and capitis, rectus capitis anterior, and anterior scalene muscles - posterior to the retropharyngeal space
lateral vertebral muscles - consist of - location
- rectus capitis lateralis, splenius capitis, levator scapulae, and middle and posterior scalene muscles
subclavian artery - what does it supply? - difference between R and L - 3 parts
- supply the upper limbs and send branches to the neck and brain. -right subclavian artery arises from the brachiocephalic trunk left subclavian artery arises from the arch of the aorta, -Three parts relative to the anterior scalene: the first part is medial to the muscle, the second part is posterior to it, and the third part is lateral to it.
branches of the subclavian arteries
From 1st part: Vertebral artery, internal thoracic artery, and thyrocervical trunk. From 2nd part: Costocervical trunk. From 3rd part: Dorsal scapular artery.
Subclavian vein - origin - transition - relation to anterior scalene - tributary - what does it form?
-origin is axillary vein -structure that defines transition: lateral border of first rib -relation with anterior scalene? anterior to the scalene tubercle parallel to the subclavian artery, but it is separated from it by the anterior scalene muscle. - tributary of subclavian? IJV -What happens when it joins IJV? forms braciocephalic vein
Thoracic duct -what does it drain? -termination
-Left side of the body - Into the root of the neck as it enters the left venous angle
Structures of thyroid galnd
-right and left lobe -isthmus -pyramidal lobe
Parathyroid glands -how many? -location in relation to thyroid? -vascular supply
-4 - Lie external to the thyroid capsule on the medial half of the posterior surface of each lobe of the thyroid gland, inside its sheath -branches from the inferior thyroid arteries
Trachea - what is it? - any muscle? - innervation - location - becomes?
- fibrocartilaginous tube, supported by incomplete cartilaginous tracheal cartilages -gaps in the tracheal rings are spanned by the involuntary trachealis muscle - innervated by the recurrent laryngeal nerve -extends from the inferior end of the larynx at the level of the C6 vertebra. It ends at the level of the sternal angle or the T4–T5 IV disc, where it divides into the right and left main bronchi
Pleura in the neck
-cervical pleura
bones and cartilage of the nose
-bony part of the nose consists of the nasal bones, frontal processes of the maxillae, the nasal part of the frontal bone and its nasal spine, and the bony parts of the nasal septum. -artilaginous part of the nose consists of five main cartilages: two lateral cartilages, two alar cartilages, and one septal cartilage. The U-shaped alar cartilages are free and movable. They dilate or constrict the nares when the muscles acting on the nose contract.
nasal septum
divides the chamber of the nose into two nasal cavities.
3 structures of the nasal septum
perpendicular plate of the ethmoid, the vomer, and the septal cartilage
what comprises the wall of the nasal cavity
formed by the nasal septum