Thoracic Cavity & Lungs
At what vertebral level is the esophageal hiatus?
T10
What structure do the great cardiac vein, middle cardiac vein, and small cardiac vein drain into?
Coronary sinus
What divides the supramesocolic and inframesocolic cavities?
Transverse mesocolon
The abdominal Aorta splits into what artery at the vertebral level L4?
R/L Common Iliac Artery
What makes up the portal triad?
Hepatic artery, portal vein, bile duct
Which nerve (be specific) continues onto the anterior side of the esophagus as the anterior vagal trunk?
Left vagus nerve
What two structures run in the posterior interventricular groove/sulcus?
Middle cardiac vein & posterior interventricular artery
What structures run through the inguinal canal?
Ilioinguinal nerve and spermatic cord/round ligament of uterus with vessels
What nerves innervate the posterior abdominal body wall?
Lumbar plexus
What two ducts come together at the ampulla of Vater?
bile duct and the main pancreatic duct
In between which two muscles does the posterior intercostal vein, posterior intercostal artery, and intercostal nerve run?
Internal intercostal muscle and innermost intercostal muscle
What are the 3 branches that come off of the aortic arch?
Brachiocephalic trunk, Left Common Carotid artery, Left Subclavian artery
Superior to the accurate line, what muscle aponeurosis makes up the posterior lamina rectus sheath?
transversus abdominis and 1/2 internal oblique
The renal veins drain from the Kidney into what vessel?
inferior vena cava
The Portal vein drains into the ______ and the the Hepatic veins drain into the _____ ?
liver and inferior vena cava
What is the potential space called where the costal pleura is continuous with the mediastinal pleura?
costomediastinal recess
What structures enter the right atrium of the heart?
Inferior vena cava, superior vena cava, and coronary sinus
What is the anterior border of the inguinal canal?
External oblique aponeurosis with superficial inguinal ring
What nerve of the lumbar plexus pierces the psoas major muscle?
Genitofemoral Nerve
What part of the small intestine is a Secondary Retroperitneal organ?
Duodenum
List ALL of the structures that are in the superior mediastinum
thymus, L/R brachiocephalic veins, superior vena cava, esophagus, trachea, aortic arch with its branches, and nerves (vagus, left recurrent laryngeal, phrenic, and visceral plexuses
List the 3 layers of the heart wall from most superficial to deepest
epicardium, myocardium, and endocardium
Which of the following is NOT an intraperitoneal organ?
- Liver
-Ascending colon
Sigmoid colon
- Jejunum
Ascending colon (is secondary retroperitoneal)
What two muscles have an insertion at the lesser trochanter of the femur and flex the thigh at the hip?
Psoas Major and Iliacus
What is the structure that is in between the right and left lobes, fixing the liver to the anterior wall?
falciform ligament