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| The ribs and their costal cartilages, the vertebral column, the sternum, the diaphragm, and the margins of the superior thoracic aperature. |
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| What structures define the thoracic cavity? |
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Three;
The left and right pleural cavities and the mediastinum |
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Definition
| How many subcavities exist in the thoracic cavity and what are their names? |
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| What is the name of the area between the lungs? |
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Definition
| What type of membrane encloses the lungs? |
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| The visceral pleura (the inner pleural layer) |
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Definition
| What structure helps to separate the lobes of the lung? |
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Definition
| What is the name of the outer pleural layer? |
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| FALSE! The pleural cavity is simply the space (filled with fluid) between the parietal and visceral layers of pleura. The lungs are simply in the thoracic cavity. |
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| True or False: The lungs are part of the pleural cavity. |
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| The costal, diaphragmatic, cervical, and mediastinal portions |
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Definition
| What are the names of the four portions of the parietal pleura? |
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| Where are the parietal and visceral pleurae continuous? |
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| The costomediastinal reflection |
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Definition
| What is the name of the junction of the costal and mediastinal portion of the parietal pleura? |
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| The costodiaphragmatic reflection |
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Definition
| What is the name of the junction between of the costal and diaphragmatic portions of the parietal pleura? |
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| The sternum, the vertebral column, the diaphragm, and the superior thoracic aperture. |
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Definition
| What structures border the mediastinum? |
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Term
| A line is drawn from the sternal angle to the disc between T4 and T5 |
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Definition
| Where is the arbitrary line drawn that divides the mediastinum into superior and inferior parts? |
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| The thoracic duct (lymphatic vessel deep to the bronchomediastinal trunk) |
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Definition
| What is the most posterior structure of the superior mediastinum? |
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Definition
| What is the most anterior structure of the superior mediastinum? |
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Definition
| What is the structure just anterior to the esophagus? |
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Term
| The subclavian arteries and the roots of the lung |
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Definition
| The phrenic nerves are directly anterior to what major structures? |
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Term
C3, C4, C5;
The diaphragm |
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Definition
| From what spinal nerves do the phrenic nerves branch and what muscle do they innervate? |
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Term
| Cervical sympathetic ganglia and cervical portions of the vagus |
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Definition
| The cardiac nerves descend from what ganglia? |
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| Is the vagus nerve part of the sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system? |
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Definition
| The recurrent laryngeal nerves are branches of what nerve? |
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Term
| The ligamentum arteriosum |
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Definition
| The left recurrent laryngeal nerve is directly lateral (left) to what structure? |
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Term
| It connects the pulmonary trunk to the aorta |
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Definition
| What two structures does the ligamentum arteriosum connect? |
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Definition
| The left recurrent laryngeal nerve passes underneath what structure? |
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Term
| The sternal angle (or, T4/T5... same thing) |
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Definition
| The aortic arch is at what level in the body? |
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Term
| The brachiocephalic trunk |
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Definition
| What is the name of the first branch off of the aortic arch? |
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Term
| The right subclavian artery and the right common carotid artery |
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Definition
| The brachiocephalic trunk divides into what two arteries? |
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Term
| The left and right common carotid arteries |
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Definition
| What are the names of the two major arteries (early branches off of the aortic arch) that ascend into the neck beside the trachea? |
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Term
| The left and right subclavian arteries |
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Definition
| What are the names of the two major arteries (early branches off of the aortic arch) that exit the mediastinum and travel into the root of the neck? |
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Term
| The right and left brachiocephalic veins |
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Definition
| What two veins form the superior vena cava? |
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Definition
| The superior vena cava carries blood to which chamber of the heart? |
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Definition
| What is the name of the structure enclosing the heart? |
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Term
| Continuous serous membrane |
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Definition
| Of what type of membrane is the pericardial sac composed? |
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Definition
| Is the pericardial sac double or single layered? |
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The parietal and visceral serous pericardium
The visceral pericardium is sometimes called the epicardium |
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Definition
| What are the names of the two layers of pericardium? |
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| The fibrous pericardium (connective tissue) |
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Definition
| What structure reinforces the pericardial sac? |
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