Hk 3401 final Exam Questions And Answers

Hk 3401 final Exam Questions
And Answers
whats in the middle mediastinum?


✓~ heart, roots of great vessels, pericardium




whats in the superior mediastinum?


✓~ veins, arteries, trachea, esophagus

(anterior to posterior)


- brachiocephalic veins -> SVC


- arch of aorta (3 branches)




azygous vein


✓~ - receives venous blood from intercostal spaces/thoracic cage

- drains into SVC posteriorly (wraps around trachea)




what is the location of the posterior mediastinum?

,✓~ - inferior to sternal angle

- anterior to vertebral bodies: T5-T12


- posterior to pericardium


- posterior to diaphragm




whats in the posterior mediastinum?


✓~ DATES




descending (thoracic aorta)


azygous/hemizygous vein


thoracic duct


esophagus


sympathetic trunk




what does the descending/thoracic aorta supply?


✓~ DIP(O)LE

- intercostal spaces (posterior intercostal arteries)


- esophagus -> anteriorly from descending aorta

, - pericardium


- lungs (bronchial arteries)


- diaphragm (phrenic arteries)




whats deep to the esophagus and aorta?


✓~ SAT

sympathetic trunk


azygos vein


thoracic duct




thoracic duct


✓~ - anterior to vertebral bodies

- deep to the esophagus


- at T5 TD moves left




whats the venous angle?


✓~ internal jugular and subclavian veins meet