Heart of the matter
The name for the atrioventricular valve on the right side of the heart
What is the tricuspid valve?
This number of vertebrae makes up the rib-supporting section of the vertebral column.
What is 12?
Double jeopardy: What is this level called?
This unpaired artery arises from the abdominal aorta and supplies the organs of the midgut.
What is the superior mesenteric artery?
Bonus: What is the blood supply for the foregut? Hindgut?
This is the first branch of the aorta at the aortic arch.
What is the brachiocephalic artery?
Double jeopardy: what important artery comes off of the brachiocephalic artery and what large appendage does the brachiocephalic artery supply?
This is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity and contains numerous important structures.
What is the mediastinum?
The chamber of the heart that is particularly susceptible in Left Anterior Descending coronary artery disease.
What is the left ventricle?
This space is between the inner walls of vertebral canal and the dura mater of the spinal cord. It is the route of analgesia/anesthetic administration
What is the epidural space?
The hepatic artery, common bile duct and portal vein
What is the portal triad?
This vessel pierces the diaphragm and enters the right atrium.
What is the inferior vena cava?
This structure returns lymph to the venous system at the junction between the left internal jugular vein and subclavian vein.
What is the thoracic duct?
The venous blood from the myocardium returns to this chamber of the heart
What is the right atrium?
This passes through the intervertebral foramen. There are 31 pairs in the human.
What is a spinal nerve?
This fatty apron-like peritoneal fold attaches to the greater curvature of the stomach and hangs over the intestines.
What is the greater omentum?
These paired arteries split into "external" and "internal" at the level of the superior border of the thyroid cartilage. Hint: at this bifurcation, the internal has a dilation containing baroreceptors which help control heart rate and blood pressure.
What are the common carotid arteries?
Double jeopardy: what is the dilation of the internal carotid artery called?
This is the potential space between the parietal and visceral layers of pleura.
What is the pleural cavity?
The part of the conducting system of the heart that initiates the impulse for contraction, aka "the pacemaker"
What is the Sinoatrial (SA) node?
Double Jeopardy - where is it located?
The cell bodies (soma) of the sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system are found here.
What is the dorsal root ganglion?
The term describing the location of organs that are fixed against the posterior body wall and that are not suspended by mesentery.
What is retroperitoneal?
FYI: primary retroperitoneal - organs that developed outside the peritoneal cavity e.g. kidneys and gonads vs. secondarily retroperitoneal - organs that are part of gut tube that fuse with body wall - e.g. pancreas, parts of duodenum, ascending and descending colon
This is the first branch of the subclavian artery. Hint: It contributes to the arterial circle of Willis at the base of the brain.
What is the vertebral artery?
These spinal nerve segments innervate the diaphragm.
What is C3,C4,C5?
Blood flow into the coronary arteries occurs during this part of the cardiac cycle.
What is diastole?
The dermatome levels of the nipple and the umbilicus are these.
What is T4 and T10?
These ducts empty into an ampulla which opens in the second (descending) part of duodenum.
What are the common bile duct + pancreatic duct and the hepatopancreatic ampulla of Vater.
This large artery carries de-oxygenated blood.
What is the pulmonary trunk?
This is the most likely pulmonary lobe to be affected by aspiration.
What is the right inferior pulmonary lobe?