Thorax Vodcasts Flashcards
(31 cards)
True ribs
1-7
False ribs
8-10
FLoating ribs
11-12
Surface anatomy
External intercostals O and I
O: Lower border of sup rib
I: upper border of inferior rib
Internal intercostals I and O
O: upper border of inferior
I: Lower border of superior rib
Innermost intercostals : O,I,A,N,B
O: Upper border of inferior
I: lower border of superior
Transversus thoracis O and I
O: posterior surface of sternum/ xyphoid process
I: posterior costal cartilage 2-6
used in forced expiration
Blood supply: internal thoracic artery
intercostal nerves
Ventral rami of spinal nerves T1-T11
Subcostal nerve
Ventral ramus of T12
Blood supply to thoracic wall
Subclavian artery
Mammary
Thoracic aorta
Thoracic apertures
Superior throracic aperture
Inferior thoracic aperture

Superior mediasteinum
Thymus, Trachea, Great vessels, Thoracic duct, Vagus nerve
Anterior mediastinum
Thymus
Middle mediastinum
Heart, pericardium, phrenin nerve, pericardiacophrenic aa
Posterior mediastimum
Esphagus , thoracid AA, Azygos, and hemizygos veins, vagus
Layers of pericardium
Fibrous
Parietal (serous)
Visceral
Sternal margin of Right 2nd intercostal
Aortic valve
Sternal margin of Left second intercostal
pulmonary
Sternal margin of Left 5th intercostal
Tricuspid
Mid clavicular line of Left 5th intercostal
Mitral valve
Phrenic nerves comes from
C3-C5
Left recurrent larygeal nerve loops under
aortic arch