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What is the function of the pericardiacophrenic artery?
What is the function of the pericardiacophrenic artery?
- Supplying blood to the diaphragm
- Supplying blood to the heart
- Supplying blood to the lungs
- Supplying blood to the pericardium (correct)
Which anatomical structure is considered a movable partition in the thoracic cavity?
Which anatomical structure is considered a movable partition in the thoracic cavity?
- Diaphragm
- Pleura
- Mediastinum (correct)
- Pericardium
What serves as an early partial diaphragm during the development of the pleural cavity?
What serves as an early partial diaphragm during the development of the pleural cavity?
- Pericardium
- Mediastinum
- Septum transversum (correct)
- Pleura
During embryology, what becomes the parietal pleura?
During embryology, what becomes the parietal pleura?
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Which type of membrane fully lines the pleural cavity?
Which type of membrane fully lines the pleural cavity?
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Which structure arises from primordial lung buds and becomes the visceral pleura?
Which structure arises from primordial lung buds and becomes the visceral pleura?
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What divides into pericardial and pleural cavities during embryological development?
What divides into pericardial and pleural cavities during embryological development?
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In a cadaver, what effect makes the mediastinum an inflexible, fixed structure?
In a cadaver, what effect makes the mediastinum an inflexible, fixed structure?
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Which structure completes the partition between each pleural and peritoneal cavity during embryology?
Which structure completes the partition between each pleural and peritoneal cavity during embryology?
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What extends posteriorly to the 12 thoracic vertebral column?
What extends posteriorly to the 12 thoracic vertebral column?
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