4.2.3 Thoracic Wall and Lung Cavities Flashcards

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Identify the structures.

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2
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Where is the thorax located?

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B/t the neck and abdomen

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3
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What are the key skeletal elements of the thorax?

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12 thoracic vertebrae

12 ribs and costal cartilages

1 sternum

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4
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What are the components of the sternum?

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Manubrium, body, xiphoid process

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5
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What are the three types of ribs? Which ribs belong to each of these classifications?

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True ribs (1-7): attach directly to sternum

False ribs (8-10 or some say 8-12): costal cartilages do not directly attach to sternum)

Floating ribs (11-12): lack costal cartilage

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6
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Which ribs are included in the typical ribs? What are there four common structures?

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3-9

Head, tubercle, shaft/body, and angle of rib

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7
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What is the most frequent site of rib fractures?

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Just lateral to the angle of the rib

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8
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How many facets does the head of true ribs have?

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2, a superior and inferior facet

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9
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What are these components of the ribs?

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10
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The scalene tubercle in the 1st rib is the site of attachment for which muscle?

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anterior scalene m.

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11
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What is another name for the sternal angle?

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Angle of Lewis

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12
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If which structure is left intact, will it allow for possible regeneration of the rib?

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Periosteum

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13
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Where is the 13th rib usually located?

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On C7

about 0.5 to 1% of the population has a cervical rib

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14
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What is circumscribed in green? What is the dense fibrous band connecting it to?

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The cervical rib; the dense fibrous band is connecting it to the 1st rib

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15
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What condition is associated with the presence of the cervical rib?

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Venous Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

(Fun fact: Your fellow classmate THE Miles Sanderson had this syndrome, which led to a blood clot in his shoulder.)

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16
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Where do the ribs 1-7 articulate with the stenurm?

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17
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What 4 bodily landmarks occur at the level of the sternal angle (the junction of the manubrium with body of sternum)?

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Attachment of the 2nd rib

intervertebral level at disc b/t T4 and T5

bifurcation of trachea

azygos veins drains into the SVC

18
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Where are the regions of the mediastinum located?

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19
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What commorbidity is often associated with pectus excavatum?

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Mitral valve prolapse

20
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What is pectus carinatum?

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Ridge projecting anteriorly (more rare than excavatum)

21
Q

In what patient population is pectus carinatum most likely to develop?

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11 to 14 y/o pubertal males undergoing a growth spurt

22
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What is the name of the joint between the ribs and its corresponding vertabrae?

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Costovertebral joint, it’s a synovial joint b/t head of rib and body of vertebra at a facet or demifacet

23
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The costotranverse joint is a synovial joint b/t what two structures?

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tubercle of the rib and the transverse process of the vertebra

24
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In which ribs is the costotranverse joint fairly curved? fairly flat?

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Curved: 1-7

Flat: 8-12

25
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What type of joints are the sternocostal joints?

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Cartilaginous

26
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What is costochondritis? In what population is it most common?

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Chest pain due to inflammation of the cartilage and bones in the chest wall.

Overuse injury in athletes

27
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What the three layers of the intercostal muscles?

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External, internal, and innermost

The external runs down and medial on both sides (like putting hands into front pockets), and the internal and innermost run direction 90 degrees to that

28
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Where do the intercostal nerves run?

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Between the internal and innermost intercostal muscle (b/t I and I)

29
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What is different about the subcostal muscles?

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They “skip” a rib

Found on the posterior portion of thoracic wall

30
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Where does the pectoralis major originate and insert? pectoralis minor? serratus anterior muscle?

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31
Q

Where are the lateral cutaneous and anterior cutaneous branches given of the intercostal nerves?

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32
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Which vein seperates the pectoralis major and the deltoid?

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Cephalic vein

33
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Describe the typical positioning of artery, vein, and nerve from cranial to caudal under the groove of each rib?

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VAN

V: vein

A: artery

N: nerve

34
Q

What is shingles?

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A reactivation of a latent herpes varicella-zoster viral infection

35
Q

What is a dermatome? Where are dermatomes C5, T4, T7, T10, L1

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An area of the skin which receives innervation from a single spinal nerve.

C5: clavicle

T4: “teat”, nipple

T7: xiphoid process (pointy)

T10: umbilicus (O reminds you of the umbilicus)

L1: inguinal ligament

36
Q

~75% of the breast is drained into which lymph nodes?

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Axillary lymph nodes

37
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What is polythelia? In what population is it most common?

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Supernumerary nipple(s) which may appear similar to a mole, anywhere along the mammalian lines (milk lines)

Males

38
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What is polymastia? When is most liked noticed?

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Additonal breast along the milk line b/t the axilla and groin.

Rare, most likely noticed at the time of pregnancy due to enlargement and possible production of milk

39
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What is gynecomastia?

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Excessive development of the male mammary gland

40
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What is contained in the mediastinum?

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heart, great vessels, trachea, esophagus, and thymus

41
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Which muscle acts as the principal muscle of inspiration?

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Diaphragm

42
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The are two pectoral nerves? Which pectoralis muscles do they innervate?

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Lateral and Medial Pectoral Nerve

Medial pectoral nerve innervates both the major and minor pectoralis

Lateral pectoral nerve only innervates the pectoralis major