2017 Anatomy Revision Flashcards
Which arteries supply the thorax posteriorly, laterally and medially?
Posteriorly: intercostal arteries
Laterally: lateral thoracic arteries
Medially: internal thoracic arteries
What are the 4 points of surface anatomy of the heart?
3RCC
2LCC
6RCC
5LICS
Going anti-clockwise around the ear, what is the nerve supply?
CN5c
C2
C2+C3
CN7+CN10
External acoustic meatus
- Structure?
- Which way do you pull the pinna in adults to see the EAM?
- Which way do you pull the pinna in children to see the EAM?
- Cartilagenous laterally and bony medially
- Adults: postero-superiorly
- Children: postero-inferiorly
What are the 3 sections of the tympanic membrane?
Ectoderm: skin
Mesoderm: connective tissue
Endoderm: respiratory mucosa
- What is the sensory nerve supply of the nasopharynx?
- What is the sesnsory nerve supply of the oropharynx?
- What is the sensory nerve supply of the laryngopharynx?
- Nasopharynx: CN9 and 5b
- Oropharynx: CN9
- Laryngopharynx: CN9 and CN10
What are the 3 middle ear ossicles called?
- Malleus
- Incus
- Stapes
What are the 2 middle ear muscles called?
Tensor tympani
Stapedius
What is behind these middle ear walls:
- Superior wall?
- Medial wall?
- Anterior wall?
- Inferior wall?
- Posterior wall?
- Superior wall: brain
- Medial wall: cochlea
- Anterior wall: internal carotid artery
- Inferior wall: internal jugular vein
- Posterior wall: mastoid air sinus
- Explain the lobes and fissures of the right lung
2. Explain the lobes and fissures of the left lung
1. Right lung: superior,middle and inferior lobe Oblique and horizontal fissure 2. Left lung: superior and inferior lobe Lingula Oblique fissure
Name 7 relations and impressions on the right lung
Rib one Oesophagus Impression for diaphragm Brachiocephalic vein Azygous vein Superior vena cava Inferior vena cava
Name 8 relations and impressions on the left lung
Rib one Oesophagus Impression for diaphragm Brachiocephalic vein Cardiac impression Aortic arch Descending aorta Subclavian artery
- What is the nerve supply for the mediastinal and diaphragmatic pleura?
- What is the nerve supply for the costal pleura?
- Phrenic= C3,4,5
2. Intercostal nerves
Lungs
- Define pneumothorax
- Define tension pneumothorax
- Define haemothorax
- How would you do a chest drain for air and for fluid?
- Air/fluid in pleural cavity
- Air keeps entering and cant escape, and the trachea is pushed to 1 side
- Blood in pleural cavity
- 5th/6th ICS MAL
Up for air and down for fluid
Name the surface markings for the following things:
- Apex
- Right lung
- Left lung
- Oblique fissure
- Horizontal fissure
- Pleura
- Apex: 2cm above medial 1/3 of clavicle
- Right lung: ribs 2,4,6cc,6,8,10
- Left lung: ribs 2,4, cardiac notch, 6,8,10
- Oblique fissure: T3-6CC
- Horizontal fissure: 4CC- oblique fissure
- Pleura: 12th rib or lower
Trachea
- Which nerves are between the trachea and the oesophagus?
- Where does the trachea start?
- Where does the trachea bifurcate?
- Where does the trachea enter the hilium?
- What is the nerve supply?
- What is the front and back of the trachea made of?
- Recurrent laryngeal nerves
- C6
- T4
- T5/T6
- CNX and sympathetic
- Front is an incomplete ring of hyaline cartilage
Back is the trachealis muscle
- Which lobes of the right lung are relevant in a supine position?
- Which lobes of the left lung are relevant in a supine position?
- Apical basal and posterior basal
2. Apical basal and posterior basal
- What does the left vagus nerve pass in front of?
- What does the left recurrent laryngeal nerve hook around?
- What does the right recurrent laryngeal nerve hook around?
- Arch of aorta
- Around the arch
- Around the right subclavian artery
- What is the transverse sinus useful for?
- Where is the transverse sinus?
- Where is the oblique sinus?
- Clamps arterial outflow during surgery
- Between arterial and venous ends of the heart tube
- Posterior to heart, between parietal and visceral pericardium
Right coronary artery
What are the 5 branches and what does each one supply?
- SA node artery = R + L atrium
- Anterior ventricular arteries
- Marginal artery = reaches apex
- Posterior IV artery = AV node and posterior 1/3 of septum
- Conus artery
Left coronary artery
What are the 3 branches and what does each one supply?
- SA node artery = R + L atrium
- Circumflex artery = LA + LV
- Anterior IV artery = RV + LV + anterior 2/3 of septum
What is the heart surface anatomy?
3RCC lateral to sternum
2LCC lateral to sternum
5LICS half way medial to mid-clavicular line
6RCC lateral to sternum
Valve auscultation
- Aortic valve?
- Pulmonary valve?
- Mitral valve?
- Tricuspid valve?
- Aortic = 2 RICS
- Pulmonary = 2 LICS
- Mitral = 5 LICS MCL
- Tricuspid = 4/5 LICS
What is the sympathetic supply of the heart and what does this cause?
T1-T4
Referred pain
Explain the basic arterial supply of the upper limb
Subclavian Axillary Brachial (and profunda brachii) Radial and ulnar Palmar arches
Explain the basic arterial supply of the lower limb
Femoral (and profunda femoris)
Popliteal
Anterior tibial and posterior tibial (and peroneal)
Plantar arch (and dorsalis pedis)
- What type of joint is the acromioclavicular joint and what supplies it?
- What type of joint is the sternoclavicular joint and what supplies it?
- What 2 things would happen after a dislocation?
- What happens in a clavicular fracture and what nerve is vulnerable?
- Synovial plane joint: C4
- Synovial ball and socket joint: C6
- AC ligaments weaken and the acromion becomes prominent
- Post displacement of lateral 1/3 of clavicle
Suprascapular nerve is vulnerable
Humerus
- A fracture in the neck would damage which nerve?
- A fracture in the midshaft would damage which nerve?
- A fracture in the supraepicondylar ridges would damage which nerve/artery?
- Axillary nerve
- Radial nerve
- All nerves and arteries
Shoulder joint
- What type of joint is it?
- What is the glenoid fossa like?
- What is the glenoid labrum and what does it do?
- What is there for protection?
- What is the coracoacromial arch made of?
- Synovial ball and socket
- Shallow
- Fibrocartilage rim that deepens the socket and stabilises the joint
- Bursa
- Acromion and coracoacromial ligament
Shoulder joint
- What does the coracoacromial arch prevent?
- Which nerves supply the shoulder joint?
- Where is referred pain?
- When is the coracoacromial arch disrupted?
- Superior dislocation
- C5 + C6
- Proximal and lateral arm
- Acromioclavicular joint dislocation
Glenohumeral joint
- Dislocation makes which nerve vulnerable?
- What direction is the dislocation usually?
- Which direction does it end up in?
- What becomes most lateral?
- Axillary nerve
- Anterior
- Inferior
- Acromion most lateral
Elbow joint
- Which nerve is vulnerable at the medial epicondyle of the humerus?
- Which nerve is vulnerable at the top of the ulna?
- In a fracture if the elbow joint, which arteries are vulnerable and which nerves are vulnerable?
- Ulnar nerve
- Brachial artery and median nerve
- Brachial artery
Ulnar, median and radial nerves
Elbow joint
- What are the 2 ligaments at the elbow joint?
- What 2 movements can the elbow joint do and what is the supply for each?
- Lateral collateral ligament
Medial collateral ligament - Flexion = C5-6
Extension = C7-8