Spine
Ring-like arch that creates a space/opening for protection of the spinal cord.
What is vertebral foramen?
Posterior portion of the oral cavity, extends from soft palate to hyoid bone.
What is oropharynx?
Bifurcation of trachea.
What is carina?
Chamber that pushes blood out of the aorta.
What is left ventricle?
Vessel that pumps oxygenated blood from heart to rest of body.
What is aorta?
Most inferior portion of the spinal cord.
What is conus medullaris?
Starts posterior to cricoid cartilage.
What is esophagus?
Triangular shaped superior portion of the sternum.
What is manubrium?
Separates left and right atriums and the left or right ventricles.
What is Interatrial Septum and Interventricular Septum?
Continuation of SCA from first rib to axilla.
What is axillary artery?
Upward projection into the atlas that acts as pivot point on the axis.
What is odontoid process?
Broad strap-like muscle that originates on sternum and clavicle and turns head side-to-side.
What is sternocleidomastoid muscle?
Contains thymus gland, heart, great vessels, trachea, etc.
What is mediastinum?
Limits heart movement by attaching it to surrounding structures.
What is pericardial sac?
First branch of the aortic arch.
What is innominate/brachiocephalic artery?
Number of vertebrae and number in each section.
What is 33? Cervical 7, Thoracic 12, Lumbar 5, Sacrum 5 fused, Coccyx 3-5 fused.
2 lobes of thyroid gland joined by.
What is isthmus?
Impression for heart in left lung.
What is cardiac notch?
Blood from heart wall that drains into right atrium comes from here.
Begins from right ventricle and bifurcates into right and left pulmonary arteries.
What is pulmonary trunk?
At distal spinal cord pia mater continues as a long slender strand called.
What is the filum terminale?
Horseshoe shaped bone between chin and thyroid cartilage.
What is hyoid bone?
Triangular shaped gland of lymph tissue.
What is thymus?
Cone-shaped muscles in ventricular cavity.
What is papillary muscles?
What is innominate (brachiocephalic) artery, Lt CCA, Lt subclavian artery.