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1
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(blank) is open to the neck. The inferior is closed by the diaphragm.

A

superior thoracic aperature

2
Q

(blank) structures are well protected by the cage.

A

thoracic structures

3
Q

What are the three spaces in the chest?

A

left and right pulmonary cavities and the mediastinum

4
Q

The superior portion of the lung extends above the (blank) so what can occcur here?

A

1st rib so a pneumothorax can occur here

5
Q

What is the area between the pulmonary cavities that is subdivided into four spaces?

A

mediastinum

6
Q

(blank) cavities contain the lungs and the pleural sacs.

A

pulmonary cavities

7
Q

What do pleural sacs have inside them?

A

NOTHING! they are empty

8
Q

Is the pleural sacs closed or open?

A

closed

9
Q

Are the lungs pushed into the pleural sac?

A

yes it is pushed into it but not within it

10
Q

What is below the lung and the lung typically does not fill this whole area?

A

costodiaphragmatic recess

11
Q

the (blank) pleura lines the chest wall and adheres to the contours of the chest wall and goes next to pericardial sac.

A

parietal

12
Q

What nerves control the diaphragm?

A

The phrenic nerves which come from C3,4,5 keep the person alive

13
Q

Is the diaphragm a skeletal muscle?

A

yes

14
Q

Are phrenic nerves autonomic nerves or somatic spinal nerves?

A

somatic spinal nerves

15
Q

What travel on the somatic spinal nerves of the phrenic nerve?

A

sympathetic, sensory and motor neurons

16
Q

The (blank) on the phrenic nerve go to the blood vessels of the diaphragm.

A

sympathetics

17
Q

The (blank) of the phrenic nerve also supply the pleura that sits neck to the pericardial sac.

A

sensory fibers

18
Q

The (blank) pleura does not feel pain.

A

visceral (has no afferents)

19
Q

Where does the phrenic nerve sit?

A

In between the pericardial sac and parietal pleura

20
Q

Where does the phrenic nerve pass through?

A

the middle mediastinum

21
Q

What are the four parts of the parietal pleura?

A

cervical
mediastinal
costal
diaphragmatic

22
Q

Lungs have a lot of (blank) tissue

A

elastic

23
Q

What is the space between the lung and wall of parietal pleura next to the mediastinum?

A

the costomediastinal recess

24
Q

Lungs during quiet respiration do not fill the entire pulmonary cavity downwards, that space that isnt filled is called the (blank)

A

costadiaphragmatic recess.

25
Q

The lung doesn’t always fill all the way medially, this is called the (blank)

A

costomediastinal recess

26
Q

If you puncture one lung, will the other collapse?

A

no the are in separate sacs

27
Q

If you are looking at the midclavicular line, how far does the lung extend?

A

to the 6th rib

28
Q

If you are looking at the midclavicular line, how far does the parietal pleura extend?

A

to the 8th rib

29
Q

If you are looking at the the mid axillary line, how far does the lung extend? the parietal pleura?

A

to the 8th rib

to the 10th rib

30
Q

If you are looking posteriorly how far does the lung extend? How far does the parietal pleura extend?

A

to the 10th rib

to the 12th rib

31
Q

the pleura lines to the (blank)

A

diaphragmatic recess

32
Q

What does it tell us when we find where the pleura ends at the diaphragmatic recess?

A

where the diaphragm attaches to the ribs

33
Q

In the back, what ribs does the diaphragm attach?

A

12th

34
Q

In front, what ribs does the diaphragm attach to?

A

10th, 8th and 6th rib

35
Q

What are the landmarks of the parietal pleura at the parasternal line?

A

rib 6

36
Q

What are the landmarks of the parietal pleura at the mid-clavicular line?

A

rib 8

37
Q

What are the landmarks of the parietal pleura at the mid-axillary line?

A

rib 10

38
Q

What are the landmarks of the parietal pleura at the paravertebral line?

A

rib 12

39
Q

What are the landmarks of the visceral pleura (essentially lung) of the parasternal line?

A

rib 4 (only correct for left lung due to cardiac notch)

40
Q

What are the landmarks of the visceral pleura (essentially lung) of the mid-clavicular line?

A

Rib 6

41
Q

What are the landmarks of the visceral pleura (essentially lung) of the mid-axillary line?

A

Rib 8

42
Q

What are the landmarks of the visceral pleura (essentially lung) of the paravertebral line?

A

Rib 10

43
Q

Where is the transverse plane?

What does it denote?

A

angle of louis and T4/5 interface

beginning of inferior mediastinum when you are lying down

44
Q

(blank) are potential spaces which can fill with blood, air and water in pathological states. The spaces can be blunted or increased depending on the pathology.

A

Pleural recesses

45
Q

The root of the lung consists mainly of what?

A

pulmonary arteries, pulmonary veins, bronchus (anything entering or leaving the lungs)

46
Q

The point where these structures actually enter the parenchyma of the lung is considered the (blank)

A

hilum

47
Q

On the left side the primary (blank) enters the hilum but on the right the (blank) for upper and lower lobes enter.

A

primary bronchus

secondary bronchi

48
Q

The (Blank) runs anterior to hilum and (blank) runs posterior.

A

phrenic

vagus

49
Q

On the right side the pulmonary artery is (blank) to the bronchus

A

directly anterior

50
Q

On the left side the pulmonary artery is (blank) than the bronchus.

A

higher

51
Q

The phrenic nerve and vagus nerves have different association with the hilum. Vagus travel (blank) to the root of the lung. The Phrenic travels (blank) to the root of the lung.

A

posterior

anterior

52
Q

The trachea stops at the end of the (blank) and does not enter the (blank)

A

superior mediastinum

inferior mediastinum

53
Q

On the right side the pulmonary arteries lie (blank) to the bronchi and pulmonary veins lie (blank) and (blank) to all other structures in the root.

A

anterior

inferior and anterior

54
Q

The veins in both lungs are found at the (blank) margin.

A

anterior inferior

55
Q

The right lung has (blank) lobes

A

three

56
Q

The superior lobe and the inferior lobe is separated by the (blank) fissure.

A

oblique

57
Q

The superior lobe and the middle lobe is separated by the (blank) fissure.

A

horizontal

58
Q

The superior lobe and the inferior lobe is separated by the (blank) fissure.

A

oblique

59
Q

What creates the pulmonary ligament?

A

there is a small continuation of parietal pleura that continues down into the inferior lobe and surrounds the vessels, and bronchi.

60
Q

On the left (left lung) side the pulmonary arteries lie (blank) to the bronchi and the pulmonary veins lie (blank) to all other structures in the root.

A

superior

inferior and anterior

61
Q

What is the bronchopulmonary (hilar) lymph node?

A

it is a lymph node below the pulmonary veins of the lung

62
Q

Does the left lung have an oblique fissure or a horizontal fissure?

A

oblique

63
Q

The branches of the pulmonary vein are the most (blank) and (blank) major structures hilum of both lungs.

A

anterior and most inferior

64
Q

The relationship of the PULMONARY ARTERY to the AIRWAY uses the mnemonic (blank) which means what?

A

RALS. In the right (R) lung, the artery is anterior (A) to the airway. In the left (L) lung, the artery is superior (S) to the airway.

65
Q

(blank) are the unit of lung supplied by one tertiary (segmental) bronchus and its accompanying artery.

A

Bronchopulmonary segments

66
Q

What two structures are considered intrasegmental to the bronchopulmonary segment?

A

tertiary bronchus and accompanying artery

67
Q

What structure is considered intersegmental to the bronchopulmonary segment?

A

pulmonary veins (drain the segment)

68
Q

What drains the bronchopulmonary segment?

A

pulmonary veins intersegmentally

69
Q

What are the bronchopulmonary segments surrounded by?

A

connective tissue and can be separated from the neighboring segments

70
Q

How manys bronchopulmonary segments are there on the right? On the left?

A

10 R

8-10 L (depending on branching of secondary bronchi)

71
Q

Is the left lung or the right lung smaller?

A

left (cardiac notch)

72
Q

What bronchus supplies the bronchopulmonary segments?

A

tertiary segments

73
Q

Which two things love each other and travel together everywhere?

A

tertiary bronchus and arteries

74
Q

If you want to keep one segment from getting blood what do you do?

A

tie off one artery

75
Q

If you want to drain one segment of blood what do you do?

A

you would have to tie off many veins because the segments are drained from multiple veins

76
Q

The fact that bronchopulmonary segments each have their own blood supply and airway makes it possible to (blank)

A

remove a diseased segment.

77
Q

The fact that veins drain adjacent segments makes it necessary to tie off the (blank) to the vein if a segment is being removed.

A

tributaries

78
Q

Is it more common to remove an entire love or just a segment?

A

typically a lobe but possible to do a segment due to the conservative structure of vascularization and airway patterns

79
Q

Which primary bronchi is more vertical and wider?

A

the right side

80
Q

Which primary bronchi is longer?

A

the left bronchi is longer

81
Q

Where do aspirated objects tend to get stuck?

A

right main bronchi or inferior lobar

82
Q

The middle lobar is a branch of the (blank).

A

inferior

83
Q

The right main bronchus breaks into three bronchus what are they?

A

right superior lobe (eparterial) bronchus
right middle lobe bronchus
right inferior lobe bronchus

84
Q

What is the center of the extrapulmonary section?

A

carina

85
Q

The left main bronchus breaks into two branches what are they?

A

superior lobe bronchus and inferior love bronchus

86
Q

On the (blank) side, the main stem bronchus divides before entering the lung whereas, on the left side it does not.

A

right

87
Q

The trachea divides into primary bronchi at the junction of the (blank)

A

ascending aorta and the arch

88
Q

(blank) is limited to the superior mediastnum, but many structures traverse the superior and some component of the inferior.

A

trachea

89
Q

Where does the trachea divide?

A

at the superior mediastinum

90
Q

Where does the ascending aorta transition into the arch of the aorta?

A

at the superior mediastinum

91
Q

What are some things that pass into the inferior mediastinum?

A

phrenic, vagus, esophagus, descending thoracic aorta

92
Q

Where are the pulmonary arteries located?

A

nestled in aorta so considered part of the superior and inferior mediastinum

93
Q

Where is the arch of the aorta and great vessels located?

A

in the superior mediastinum

94
Q

What is the carina?

A

point of bifurcation of the trachea

95
Q

Which is in front, the phrenic or vagus?

A

phrenic

96
Q

Which side has the secondary bronchi enter the intrapulmonary and which side has the main bronchus enter the intrapulmonary?

A

the right side

the left side

97
Q

The nerve supply to the lung is a repeat of the (blank) because the source is the same, they just continue further onto the pulmonary plexus.

A

heart

98
Q

Which of these doesnt feel pain:

visceral pleura, mediastinal, costal pleura, diaphragmatic pleura?

A

visceral

99
Q

Are the mediastinal, costal pleura, diaphragmatic pleura all innervated by the same pain nerves?

A

no

100
Q

What are the nerve innervations to the heart?

A

cervical sympathetic cardiac branches,
thoracic sympathetic cardiac branches,
left vagus nerve and left recurrent laryngeal nerves

101
Q

If you have pain transmitted on your lateral side what will the afferents travel on? diaphragmatic?

A

the intercostals

phrenic

102
Q

Most lung tissues get their nutrients from the (blank) circulation.

A

pulmonary arteries

103
Q

Most lung tissues get their nutrients from the pulmonary circulation but structures comprising the root and supporting tissues get nutrients from the (blank)

A

bronchiole arteries

104
Q

How many bronchiole arteries are on each side?

A

2 on the left and one on the right

105
Q

What is a parietal branch of the aorta?

A

an intercostal artery

106
Q

whee do the superior and inferior left bronchial arteries come from?

A

the aorta

107
Q

Which carries more deoxygenated blood the bronchial arteries or the pulmonary arteries?

A

the pulmonary arteries

108
Q

What line the trachea and participate in fluid movement?

A

right and left paratracheal nodes

109
Q

The (blank) drains the parenchym and drains to the bronchopulmonary nodes.

A

subpleural plexus

110
Q

The (blank) nodes are mostly associated with the root structures, but all of the channels are freely connected.

A

pulmonary nodes

111
Q

Does the lung have lymphatics?

A

yes

112
Q

Explain the drainage of lymph in the lungs?

A

drain towards bronchopulmonary nodes on bronchi of lungs-> tracheobronchial nodes->paratracheal->thoracic duct or right lymphatic duct

113
Q

Where is the thoracic duct located?

A

behind the subclavian and branchiocephalic vein

114
Q

(blank) contains the aortic arch, roots of great vessels, esophagus, trachea, vagal, phrenic and cardiac nerves

A

Superior mediastinum

115
Q

(blank) contains basically fat, branches of the internal thoracic artery and some thymus in children

A

inferior anterior mediastinum

116
Q

(blank) containing the heart and the ascending aorta, pulmonary trunk and some SVC; basically everything in the pericardial sac.

A

inferior middle mediastinum

117
Q

(blank) all other vessels, nerves and visceral structures anterior to the vertebrae, posterior to the heart and between the parietal pleura of both lungs.

A

inferior posterior mediastinum

118
Q

What separates the superior from the inferior mediastinum?

A

the sternal angle

119
Q

How far does the inferior mediastinum extend?

A

to T12

120
Q

Does the anterior inferior mediastinum have mediastinum pleura in it?

A

upon deep inspiration only

121
Q

Where in the mediastinum will you find the phrenic nerve

A

inferior middle mediastinum

122
Q

Where would you find the descending aorta, venous return azygos system, greater, lesser and least splachnics and sympathetic chain?

A

inferior posterior mediastinum

123
Q

Are the intercostal nerves in the inferior posterior mediastinum?

A

no

124
Q

What does the arch of the azygos drain into?

A

the SVC

125
Q

What are the three superior branches off the aortic arch?

A

(all arteries)->the brachiocephalic, the left carotid, the left subclavian

126
Q

The SVC has two branches, what are they?
Which one is longer?
Which is more vertical?

A

the right and left brachiocephalic veins
the left :)
the right

127
Q

What are the 5 layers of the superior mediastinum from outside in?

A

glandular layer (thymus layer)-> venous layer-> arterial layer (arch of aorta and BCS)-> respiratory layer (trachea)->digestive layer

128
Q

These are all part of what?
Aortic arch and roots of its three superior branches (B,C,S), some pulmonary trunk with left and rt. arteries, some SVC with the arch of azygos draining in, rt. and lt. brachiocephalic veins, phrenic and vagus nerves, lt. recurrent laryngeal, trachea, esophagus and some thymus.

A

superior mediastinum

129
Q

Where does the vagus go and where is it located?

A

it goes onto esophagus and passes posterior to root of lung

130
Q

what contributes to plexus on esophagus?

A

L and R vagus

131
Q

(blank) courses in front of hilum of lung and in front of the pericardial sac.

A

phrenic (in front)

132
Q

Posterior mediastinum- The area posterior to the heart and diaphragm, anterior to the vertebral column between (blank) and flanked on either side by the pulmonary cavities. Essentially sandwiched between the mediastinal layers of parietal pleura.

A

T5 and T12,

133
Q

Posterior- The area posterior to the heart and diaphragm, anterior to the vertebral column between T5 and T12, and flanked on either side by the pulmonary cavities. Essentially sandwiched between the (blank).

A

mediastinal layers of parietal pleura.

134
Q

What are these a part of?
Thoracic descending aorta and its branches, esophagus and esophageal plexus, azygos and hemi azygos system of veins, thoracic duct and associated lymph nodes, and the greater, lesser and least thoracic splanchnic nerves.

A

the posterior mediastinum

135
Q

Where is the azygos?

What side is the hemiazygous or accessory azygous on?

A

right side

left side

136
Q

What is the importance of the azygous system?

A

to drain venous return from thoracic body wall and has potential for collateral flow.

137
Q

When is it truly important that the azygous has potential for collateral flow?

A

during portal hypertension

138
Q

Technically, the (blank) and (blank) are not in the posterior because they lie along side the vertebrae, but for simplicity we will include them.

A

sympathetic trunk and the roots of the splanchnic nerves

139
Q

The (blank) contributes mostly to the anterior esophageal plexus but there is mixing of fibers from the rt. and lt. vagal nerves. After the plexus the fibers reconvene on their way to the stomach as the (blank). The esophageal plexus also receives sympathetics from (blank)

A

left vagus
anterior and posterior vagal trunks.
thoracic splanchnics.

140
Q

WHere does the vagus come from?

A

brain stem

141
Q

The right vagus contributes mostly to the posterior (blank) but there is mixing of fibers from the rt. and lt. vagal nerves. After the plexus the fibers reconvene on their way to the stomach as the anterior and posterior vagal trunks.

A

esophageal plexus

142
Q

Important branches of the thoracic aorta include what?

A

esophageal arteries, bronchial arteries, posterior intercostal arteries, superior phrenic arteries and two subcostal arteries.

143
Q

Bronchial, esophageal arteries are (blank) branches.

A

visceral

144
Q

The right bronchial artery comes off the (blank) branch but it is still considered a visceral branch.

A

parietal

145
Q

Once you are below the diaphragm the aorta gives off arteries called (blank)

A

subcostal

146
Q

The azygos system is unpaired and drains the (blank)

A

body wall, esophagus and bronchial veins

147
Q

The azygos system is unpaired and drains the body wall, esophagus and bronchial veins. It ultimately drains into the SVC by arching over the root of the lung on the (blank).

A

right

148
Q

Both the azygos and hemiazygos veins communicate with the abdominal cavity via direct connection to the (blank) . More importantly, the azygos system connects to the portal system indirectly through the (blank)

A

ascending lumbar veins

esophageal venous plexus.

149
Q

arch of azygos is on which side?

A

the right

150
Q

Where will you find the accessory hemiazygous?

The hemiazygous?

A

8th rib and up

9th rib and down

151
Q

there is a lot of variability within the azygous/hemiazygous/accessory system. SO sometimes you do not have an accessory or hemiazgous so what do you do?

A

intercostals on the left will jump over the midline and go into the azygous system on the right side

152
Q

If you have portal hypertension what does you azygous system allow for?

A

it allows for collateral flow so you can dialate these vessels and allow for blood to flow out of the liver into the azygos system to reduce your portal hypertension

153
Q

The lower esophagus has a significant number of veins called the (blank)

A

submucousal venous plexus

154
Q

Plexus of veins close to the internal surface of the esophagus are Clinically significant because dilated vessels from portal hypertension can be (blanK)

A

ruptured easily and bleed extensively.

155
Q

Does the arch of azygos run superior to the root of the lung?

A

yes

156
Q

What is the thoracic duct sandwiched between?

A

the descending aorta and the esophagus

157
Q

The thoracic duct ultimately receives the lymph from the entire body except the (blank) of the chest and the (blank) .

A

upper right quadrant

right side of the head

158
Q

The thoracic duct lies between the esophagus and the thoracic aorta as it passes from its origin, just inferior to the diaphragm, to its point of emptying into the venous system at the junction of the (blank).

A

left internal jugular and the left subclavian vein

159
Q

Flow in the thoracic duct is facilitated by (blank) created through respiration.

A

pressure changes

160
Q

Where is the origin of the thoracic duct?

A

just inferior to the diaphragm