Breast and axilla

Question 1

What is the name given to the connective tissue that divides the secretory lobules of the breast?

Answer 1

Ligament of cooper

Question 2

Where does the suspensory ligament/ligament of Cooper insert and attach?

Answer 2

Secretory lobules - pectoralis major fascia

Question 3

What is the arterial supply to the medial 2 breast quadrants?

Answer 3

Internal thoracic

Question 4

What is the arterial supply to the lateral breast quadrants?

Answer 4

Thoracoacromial
Mammory
Lateral mammory

Question 5

75% of lymph drains into what group of nodes?

Answer 5

Axillary

Question 6

Where do axillary nodes drain from?

Answer 6

Lateral quadrants

Question 7

What are the other nodes involved in breast lymphatic drainage?

Answer 7

Parasternal 20%

Posterior intercostal 5%

Question 8

What is the venous drainage of the breast?

Answer 8

Axillary vein

Internal thoracic vein

Question 9

What is the innervation of the breast?

Answer 9

4th to 6th intercoastal nerves

Question 10

What are the five pairs of lymph trunks?

Answer 10

Jugular
Subclavian
Bronchomediastinal
Intestinal*** unpaired
Lumbar

Question 11

What lymph trunk drains the right upper limb and right side of chest?

Answer 11

Right lymphatic duct

Question 12

What lymph trunk drains the left side of the body?

Answer 12

Thoracic

Question 13

Where do the right lymphatic and thoracic ducts drain into?

Answer 13

Subclavian veins

Question 14

What are the contents of the axilla?

Answer 14

Axillary artery
Axillary vein
Biceps brachii
Coracobrachialis
Brachial plexus
Axillary lymph nodes

Question 15

What are the 7 branches of the axillary artery?

Answer 15

Superior thoracic
Thoracoacromial
Lateral thoracic
Subscapularis
Anterior circumflex
Posterior circumflex

Question 16

What muscle sits superiorly to the axillary artery and is used as a reference point for the arteries differing regions?

Answer 16

Pectoralis minor

Question 17

When does the subclavian artery become the axillary artery?

Answer 17

Lateral border of first rib

Question 18

When does the axillary artery become the brachial artery?

Answer 18

When it crosses teres major

Question 19

What are the 5 lymph nodes in the axillary region?

Answer 19

Pectoral
Central
Apical
Humeral
Subscapular

Question 20

What are the 5 roots of the brachial plexus?

Answer 20

C5
C6
C7
C8
T1

Question 21

What are the 3 trunks of the brachial plexus?

Answer 21

Superior
Middle
Inferior

Question 22

What are the 3 cords of the brachial plexus?

Answer 22

Lateral
Posterior
Medial

Question 23

What are the 5 branches of the brachial plexus?

Answer 23

Musculocutaneous
Axillary
Median
Radial
Ulnar

Question 24

The subclavian artery arises from a gap between what two muscles?

Answer 24

Scalenus medius

Scalenus anterior

Question 25

What branch of the brachial artery supplies the triceps brachii?

Answer 25

Profunda brachii

Question 26

What artery passes through the cubital fossa?

Answer 26

Brachial artery

Question 27

Radial and ulnar arteries anastamose to form the…

Answer 27

Superficial and deep palmar arches

Question 28

The superficial palmar arch is located….

Answer 28

Deep to the palmar aponeurosis

Question 29

The deep palmar arch is located….

Answer 29

Deep to the flexor tendons

Question 30

Paired veins that run either side of the arteries in the upper limb are called….

Answer 30

Venous commitantes

Question 31

Superficial veins are located…

Answer 31

Within the subcutaneous fat

Question 32

Deep veins are located…

Answer 32

Deep to to deep fascia