Thoracic Cavity
The cranial cavity and the spinal cavity are within a larger region.
What is the dorsal (posterior) cavity?
Must be in constant supply for the body to survive.
What is oxygen?
Air enters the respiratory system through two oval openings in the nose.
What are the nostrils?
Caused by a forceful blow to the ribcage that bruises intercostal muscles.
What are rib contusions?
Injuries can affect a number of organs and have potential to be life threatening.
What is a direct blow to the abdomen?
The thoracic and abdominopelvic cavities are found in here.
What is the ventral (anterior) cavity?
The respiratory system provides structures for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the body through respiration.
What is external respiration, internal respiration, and cellular respiration?
A partition that divides the nasal cavity into the right and left chambers.
What is the nasal septum?
A break in the bony structure of the thorax. Fairly common in collision sports such as football, wrestling, and soccer. Most often the result of a direct blow to the ribcage.
What is a rib fracture?
When an athlete sustains a violent blow to the upper posterior abdominal wall.
What is a kidney contusion?
Divides the upper thoracic and the lower abdominopelvic cavities.
What is the diaphragm?
This system is responsible for sound.
What is the larynx?
Protruding into the nasal cavity are three what.
What are the turbinate or nasal conchae bones?
Displaced fractures of three or more consecutive ribs on the same side of the chest can cause a condition known as.
What is a flail chest?
A hard blow to the right side of the ribcage that can tear or contuse the organ.
What is a liver contusion?
The central area of the thoracic cavity.
What is mediastinum?
The abdomen is divided into roughly equal quadrants.
What is the right upper, right lower, left upper, and left lower?
Tiny, lash-like processes of protoplasm.
What are cilia?
The normal movements of breathing will be reversed.
What is paradoxical?
this referred pain can complicate the evaluation of an abdominal injury
The heart itself is contained with a smaller cavity.
What is the pericardial cavity?
Air moves into the lungs through several passageways.
What are the nasal cavity, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and alveoli?
Nerve endings provide a sense of smell.
What are olfactory nerves?
A bruising over the central area of the chest results from a compressive, forceful blow to the body. Most frequent injuries to the chest wall. The severity depends on the amount of force applied to the tissue.
What is a chest contusion?
A protrusion of abdominal tissue through a portion of the abdominal wall.
What is a hernia?