Intrinsic Muscles
Is considered the primary muscle of inspiration.
What is the diaphragm?
Separates the body into superior and inferior portions.
What is transverse?
A flexible tube composed of hyaline cartilage rings that is inferior to the larynx.
What is the trachea?
I am often referred to as the collarbone.
What is the clavicle?
Saw-like muscles elevate ribs 1-9. The origin is Ribs 1-9 and the insertion is the inner vertebral border of the scapula.
What is the serratus anterior?
This muscle's name is quite telling. This muscle elevates the sternum and by association the rib cage. The origin is the mastoid process and inserts at the sternum and clavicle.
What is the sternocleidomastoid muscle?
The lungs and heart are housed in this cavity.
What is the thoracic cavity?
A pair of spongy, porous, cone-shaped structures that consist of elastic tissue. This organ is responsible for gas exchange that is imperative for living.
What are the lungs?
The superior part of the vertebral column that is responsible for skull and vertebrae articulation. These bones are numbered as C1-C7.
What is cervical vertebrae?
We appear to be back muscles but are indeed thoracic muscles that elevate the ribs. Our names resemble long and brief.
What are Levator Costarum (Brevis and Longis) muscles?
This intermediate region is made up of a large aponeurosis. Muscle fibers of the diaphragm radiate from this tissue.
What is the central tendon?
Indicates that the structures or the body part in question are in front of something else.
What is anterior?
This structure is the result of the bifurcation of the trachea and enters the right and left lungs.
What are the right and left main bronchi?
Five bones fused together and is an inferior section of the vertebral column and make up the pelvic girdle.
What is the sacrum?
You may think of the circus when you see my name. I am a massive muscle that elongates the neck and controls head movement.
What is Trapezius muscles?
A muscle of the neck that elevates rib 1. The origin is transverse process of C3-C6 and inserts on the superior surface of rib 1
What is the scalenus anterior muscle?
Denotes something toward the front of the body. Often used interchangeably with anterior when discussing neuroanatomy.
What is ventral?
Oblique and horizontal fissures make up these sections of the right lung.
What are superior, middle(medial), inferior lobes?
This skeletal structure is referred to as "true" because its formation is more of a direct attachment to the sternum.
What are true ribs?
What is the interchondral portion of the Internal Intercostal Muscle?
A shoulder muscle that provides support for the upper body, specifically the shoulder girdle for speech function. The origin is T2-T5 and inserts the scapula.
What is the rhomboideus major muscle?
Means something is closer to the point of attachment. Example: the elbow is ________ to the wrist.
What is proximal?
Final division of the bronchial tree that leads to the alveoli.
What are bronchioles or terminal bronchioles?
All the ribs connect to this bone either directly or indirectly at the front of the chest. This bone is often important when administering CPR.
What is the sternum?
These muscles are considered to be among the most significant accessory muscles for speech.
What are the external intercostal muscles?