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| The right lung has how many lobes and bronchopulmonary segments? |
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| 3 LOBES & 10 BRONCHOPULMONARY SEGMENTS |
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| What is the most common type of lung cancer? |
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| BRONCHOGENIC CARCINOMA WHICH COMES FORM MUCUS OF LARGE BRONCHI, PANCOAST TUMOR(TUMOR @ THE APEX OF THE LUNG CAUSING TOS). |
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| Why might a Pancoast tumor present with Horner's syndrome? |
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| Sympathetic nerve fiber injuries can result from: |
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| Where is most reactivation TB localized? |
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| What key structures reside in the posterior mediastinum? |
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| ESOPHAGUS W/VAGAL PLEXUS, DESCENDING AORTA.AZYGOS AND HEMIAZYGOS VEINS,THORACIC DUCT & SYMPATHETIC TRUNK(SPLANCHNIC NERVES) -EDAHTS |
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| The superior and inferior mediastina are separated by a plane passing between which structures? |
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| THE STERNAL ANGLE ANTERIORLY AND THE IV T4/T5 POSTERIORLY |
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| Which structure hooks around the aortic arch inferior to the ligamentum arteriosum? |
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| LEFT RECURRENT LLARINGUIAL NERVE. |
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| The right recurrent laryngeal nerve hooks around what structure? |
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| ARISES FROM THE RIGHT VAGUS @ THE ROOT OF THE NECK AND HOOKS AROUND THE RIGHT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY. |
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| Which 2 veins join to form the superior vena cava? |
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| RIGHT AND LEFT BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS |
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| Which 2 veins join to form the brachiocephalic vein? |
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| SUBCLAVIAN VEIN AND INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN |
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| What is the thoracic duct? |
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| the largest lymph vessel in the body, beginning at the cisterna chyli at about the level of the second lumbar vertebra; the abdominal part extends superiorly to pass through the aortic opening of the diaphragm, where it becomes the thoracic part and crosses the posterior mediastinum to form the arch of the thoracic duct and discharge into the left venous angle (origin of the brachiocephalic vein). |
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| Lymph from which part of the body does not flow into the thoracic duct? |
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Definition
| RIGHT SIDE OF THE THORAX ,RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD AND NECK AND THE RIGHT UPPER LIMB |
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| THROUGHT THE AORTIC OPENING |
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| The thoracic duct enters the thorax by piercing which part of the diaphragm? |
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| What is located in the anterior mediastinum? |
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| THYMUS LYMPH NODES AND FAT |
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| What are the contents of the middle mediastinum? |
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| HEART, PERICARDIUM, ROOTS OF THE AORTA,PULMONARY ARTERIES AND VEINS, SVC &IVC, PHRENCI NERVES MAIN BRONCHI ARCH OF AZYGOS VEINS |
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| The inferior mediastinum is divided into which 3 compartments |
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Definition
| ANTERIOR MEDIASTINUM(BET.STERNUM AND PERICARDIAL SAC) |
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| Which artery supplies the: |
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Definition
| Upper third of the esophagus? INFERIOR THYROID ARTERY |
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| Name the 2 fissures of the right lung. |
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Definition
| OBLIQUE AND HORIZONTAL FISSURE |
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| What is the fissure of the left lung? |
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| Name the 3 lobes of the right lung. |
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| Name the 2 lobes of the left lung. |
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| THE TONGUE LIKE PROTUBERANCE FROM THE UPPER LOBE OF THE LEFT LUNG WHICH CORRESPONDS TO THE MIDDLE LOBE OF THE RIGHT LUNG COVERING THE HEART |
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| Where is the vagus nerve located relative to the root of the lung? |
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Definition
| RUNS POSTERIOR TO THE ROOT OF THE LUNG |
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| How about the phrenic nerve? |
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Definition
| RUNS ANTERIOR TO THE ROOT OF THE LUNG |
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| What are the 2 major pleurae of the lungs? |
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Definition
| PARIETAL AND VISCERAL PLEURA |
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| What is the pleural cavity? |
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Definition
| THE SPACE BET. THE PARIETAL AND VISERAL LAYERS OF THE PLEURA |
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| THE PRESENCE OF FREE AIR OT GAS IN THE PLUERAL CAVITY |
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| Name the 4 types of parietal pleura (as designated by location). |
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| Which nerves innervate the parietal pleura? |
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| THE COSTAL PLEURA IS INNERVATED BY THE INTERCOSTAL NERVES AND THE MEDIASTINAL PLEURA IS INNERVATED BY THE PHRENIC NERVE |
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| The bronchi and pulmonary connective tissue receive oxygenated blood from which arteries? |
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| Describe the 3 main components of the azygos venous system. |
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| AZYGOS VEIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE AND THE SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR HEMIAZYGOS VEINS ON THE LEFT WHICH JOIN THE AZYGOS VEIN |
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| What is coarctation of the aorta? |
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Definition
| A CONGENTIAL NARROWING OF THE AORTA DISTAL OF THE LEFT SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY. ITS PRESENTS WITH HIGHER BLOOD PRESSURE IN THE UPPER LIMBS. IT RESULTS IN THE INTERCOSTAL ARTERIES GIVING COLLATERAL CIRCULATION BETWEEN INTERNAL THORACIC ARTERY AND THORACIC AORTA |
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| In coarctation of aorta why notching of ribs is common? |
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Definition
| BECAUSE OF SERRATED APPEARANCE OF THE INFERIOR BORDERS OF THE RIBS IN XRAYS. |
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| Where and how do you perform thoracocentesis for pleural effusion? |
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Definition
| THORACOCENTESIS IS PERFORMED AT THE 7TH -9TH ICS MAL 1-2 ICS BELOW THE FLUID LEVEL OR @ 2ND ICS MCL FOR AIR ONLY BY INSERTING A NEEDLE IN THE INTERCOSTAL SPACE CLOSE TO THE UPPER BORDER. |
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| Following a complicated sternal puncture at the level of manubrium sternum, a patient developed hemothorax. Which vessel was likely punctured? |
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| Why might an apical cancer of lung present with partial drooping of eyelid and anhydrosis of face? |
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| BECAUSE THE TUMOR CAN GROW AND CAUSE TOS CONSTRICTING VESSLES IN THE NECK CAUSING PTOSIS Why there could be pain in the little finger?ULNAR NERVE IS COMPRESSED. |
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| Enlargement of which structures are the most likely cause of the mediastinal widening in the patient with pneumonia? |
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Definition
| THE BRONCHOMEDIASTINAL LYMPH NODES |
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| In which part of respiratory system the swallowed foreign body is most likely to be found? |
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Definition
| THE RIGHT PRIMARY BRONCHUS AND PASS INTO THE MIDDLE OR LOWER LOBE BRONCHI |
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| After a stab wound of chest wall where is the possible place of abnormal air accumulation? |
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