Thorax

Question 1

•The _________ are positioned _____to the internal intercostal muscles

Answer 1

intercostal nerves, arteries and veins

deep

Question 2

The internal thoracic artery is positioned _______ to the first six costal cartilages.

Answer 2

posterior (deep)

Question 3

•The left phrenic nerve passes ______ to the root of the left lung.

Answer 3

anterior

Question 4

•The left phrenic nerve is positioned ____to the pericardial sac.

Answer 4

lateral

Question 5

•The left phrenic nerve passes _____to the ascending aorta.

Answer 5

lateral

Question 6

•The right phrenic nerve is positioned______to the superior vena cava.

Answer 6

lateral

Question 7

•The right phrenic nerve is positioned _____ to the pericardial sac

Answer 7

lateral

Question 8

•The right phrenic nerve passes ____ to the root of the right lung.

Answer 8

anterior

Question 9

•The arch of the aorta passes _____ to the pulmonary trunk.

Answer 9

superior

Question 10

•The left vagus nerve passes directly _____to the arch of the aorta.

Answer 10

lateral

Question 11

•The left recurrent laryngeal nerve passes ______to the ligamentum arteriosum.

Answer 11

posterior

Question 12

•The left recurrent laryngeal nerve passes directly_____ to the arch of the aorta.

Answer 12

inferior

Question 13

•The left vagus nerve passes_____to the left main bronchus.

Answer 13

posterior

Question 14

•The right vagus nerve is positioned _____to the trachea.

Answer 14

lateral

Question 15

•The right vagus nerve passes _____to the arch of the azygos vein and _____to the right main bronchus.

Answer 15

medial , posterior

Question 16

•The superior vena cava is positioned ______ to the ascending aorta.

Answer 16

lateral (right)

Question 17

•The azygos vein (arch) passes _______to the right main bronchus.

Answer 17

superior

Question 18

•The transverse pericardial sinus is positioned ____to the ascending aorta and the pulmonary trunk.

Answer 18

posterior

Question 19

•The esophagus is positioned _____to the trachea.

Answer 19

posterior

Question 20

•The esophagus passes ______to the left main bronchus.

Answer 20

posterior

Question 21

•The descending (thoracic) aorta passes _____to the left main bronchus.

Answer 21

posterior

Question 22

•At the hilum of the left lung, the pulmonary artery is positioned _____to the main bronchus.

Answer 22

superior

Question 23

•At the hilum of the left lung, the pulmonary veins are positioned ______ and ______to the main bronchus.

Answer 23

anterior, inferior

Question 24

•At the hilum of the right lung, the pulmonary artery is positioned _____to the main bronchus.

Answer 24

anterior

Question 25

•At the hilum of the right lung, the pulmonary veins are positioned \_\_\_\_\_\_to the main bronchus.

Answer 25

anterior

Question 26

•At the hilum of the right lung, the pulmonary veins are positioned \_\_\_\_\_\_and \_\_\_\_\_to the pulmonary arteries.

Answer 26

anterior , inferior

Question 27

•The right posterior intercostal arteries pass \_\_\_\_\_\_to the vertebral bodies

Answer 27

anterior

Question 28

•The intercostal veins, arteries, and nerves are all positioned directly \_\_\_\_\_to the ribs.

Answer 28

inferior

Question 29

•The sympathetic chain is positioned \_\_\_\_\_to the thoracic vertebral bodies.

Answer 29

lateral ## Footnote 

Question 30

•The descending (thoracic) aorta is positioned \_\_\_\_\_to the pericardial sac.

Answer 30

posterior

Question 31

•The descending (thoracic) aorta is positioned to the\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ of the vertebral bodies.

Answer 31

left (lateral)

Question 32

•The inferior vena cava is positioned to the \_\_\_\_\_of the descending aorta.

Answer 32

right

Question 33

•The greater splanchnic nerve is positioned ______ to the sympathetic chain.

Answer 33

anterior - medial

Question 34

•The esophagus is positioned \_\_\_\_\_to the pericardial sac.

Answer 34

posterior

Question 35

•Near the diaphragm, the esophagus is positioned \_\_\_\_\_to the thoracic aorta.

Answer 35

anterior

Question 36

•The thoracic duct is positioned directly \_\_\_\_\_\_to the thoracic vertebral bodies.

Answer 36

anterior