ANATOMY LT3 - HEART AND MEDIASTINUM Flashcards
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SUPERIOR VENA CAVA (FORMED BY TWO VEINS)
THE UNION OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS
INFERIOR VENA CAVA (PERFORATES WHAT STRUCTURE)
WHAT VEIN PERFORATES THE CENTRAL TENDON OF THE DIAPHRAGM AND PERICARDIUM)
PERICARDIAL SAC (is made up of what two structures)
Fibrous Pericardium and Serous Pericardium (make up what structure)
INTERNAL JUGULAR AND SUBCLAVIAN VEINS
TWO VEINS THAT MAKE UP THE BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN
THE LEFT AND RIGHT CORONARY ARTERIES (ARE THE BRANCHES OF WHAT ARTERY)
BRANCHES OF THE ASCENDING AORTA
VISCERAL LAYER
The external layer of the heart wall Epicardium
PERICARDIAL CAVITY
between the parietal and visceral pericardial layers
RIGHT VENOUS ANGLE
ORIGIN OF THE RIGHT BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN
SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR
DIVISIONS OF MEDIASTINUM
PERICARDIAL CAVITY (function)
enables the heart to move and beat in a frictionless environment
RIGHT ATRIUM
DRAINS THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA
PERICARDIUM FLUID
space between fibrous and serous layer protects the heart from any kind of external jerk or shock
DRAINS THE RIGHT VENOUS ANGLE
RIGHT LYMPHATIC DUCT (RECIEVES WHAT VEIN)
MEDIASTINAL PLEURA
Covers each side of mediastinum
LEFT VENOUS ANGLE
ORIGIN OF LEFT BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN
* HEART & LARGE BLOOD VESSELS * TRACHEA & ESOPHAGUS * THORACIC DUCT & LYMPH NODES * VAGUS & PHRENIC NERVES * REMNANTS OF THYMUS
CONTENTS OF MEDIASTINUM
THORACIC DUCT (IS DRAINED BY WHICH VEIN)
THORACIC DUCT
TRANSVERSE THORACIC PLANE
IMAGINARY PLANE PASSING FROM STERNAL ANGLE ANTERIORLY THROUGH IV DISC OF T4 AND T5 POSTERIORLY DIVIDES MEDIASTINUM INTO SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR DIVISIONS
PARIETAL LAYER
Lines the internal surface of the fibrous pericardium
TWO LAYERS OF THE PERICARDIUM
Fibrous Pericardium and Serous Pericardium are the layers of what serous membrane
MEDIASTINUM
central compartment of the thoracic cavity highly mobile region consisting of primarily of hollow visceral structures
THE UNION OF THE RIGHT AND LEFT BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS
SUPERIOR VENA CAVA (FORMED BY TWO VEINS)
WHAT VEIN PERFORATES THE CENTRAL TENDON OF THE DIAPHRAGM AND PERICARDIUM)
INFERIOR VENA CAVA (PERFORATES WHAT STRUCTURE)