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15 Cards in this Set
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Superior border of mediastinum
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Superior thoracic aperture
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Inferior border
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diaphragm
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What divides the mediastinum into the SUPERIOR mediastinum? (give anterior and posterior)
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the manubrium-body sternum (sternal angle) (between T4 and T5)
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Is the thymus in the superior or inferior mediastnum?
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BOTH
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In terms of composition, the outer pericardium is __(fibrous/serous)___and the deeper pericardium is ___(fibrous/serous)____.
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1 - fibrous
2 - serous |
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What connects the heart to the sternum/xiphoid?
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Superior/inferior Sternopericardial ligaments ( to the fibrous pericardium)
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What connects the heart to the verterbal column?
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The verterbropericardial ligaments
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What connects heart to the diaphram?
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diaphragm's central tendon
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What connects heart suerpiorly?
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it blends into covering of great vessels
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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 |
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What makes up the base of the heart and where is it located?
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Left atrium, back of the heart
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What is the transverse pericardial sinus?
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the space behind the ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk(artery) seen because the serous pericardium is continuous with these 2 structures
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What is the obliuque pericardial sinus?
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pouch surrounding the 6 veins that leave the heart (2 right pulmonary, 2 left pulmonary veins and sup/infvenacava)
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What is the term for having fluid/blood in the pericardial cavity?
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CARIAC TAMPONADE
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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 |