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Superior border of mediastinum
Superior thoracic aperture
Inferior border
diaphragm
What divides the mediastinum into the SUPERIOR mediastinum? (give anterior and posterior)
the manubrium-body sternum (sternal angle) (between T4 and T5)
Is the thymus in the superior or inferior mediastnum?
BOTH
In terms of composition, the outer pericardium is __(fibrous/serous)___and the deeper pericardium is ___(fibrous/serous)____.
1 - fibrous
2 - serous
What connects the heart to the sternum/xiphoid?
Superior/inferior Sternopericardial ligaments ( to the fibrous pericardium)
What connects the heart to the verterbal column?
The verterbropericardial ligaments
What connects heart to the diaphram?
diaphragm's central tendon
What connects heart suerpiorly?
it blends into covering of great vessels
What are the blood supplies of the:
1 myocardium
2 epicardium
3 fibrous pericardium
4 parietal pericardium
1&2 - supply of myocardium
3&4 - small branches of Internal Thoracic arteries
What makes up the base of the heart and where is it located?
Left atrium, back of the heart
What is the transverse pericardial sinus?
the space behind the ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk(artery) seen because the serous pericardium is continuous with these 2 structures
What is the obliuque pericardial sinus?
pouch surrounding the 6 veins that leave the heart (2 right pulmonary, 2 left pulmonary veins and sup/infvenacava)
What is the term for having fluid/blood in the pericardial cavity?
CARIAC TAMPONADE
What forms each of the folowing surfaces of the heart?
Anterior
Inferior
Left
Right
Posterior
right ventricle
Left ventricle
Left ventricle
RIght Atrium
Left atrium