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What is the function of the pericardial cavity?
What is the function of the pericardial cavity?
- To provide a pathway for the great vessels
- To contain a thin film of serous fluid (correct)
- To insulate the heart from the surrounding tissues
- To divide the heart into its four chambers
Which structure surrounds the arterial end of the heart?
Which structure surrounds the arterial end of the heart?
- Anterior tube (correct)
- Visceral layer
- Posterior tube
- Parietal layer
What is the name of the layer that covers the heart and forms the epicardium?
What is the name of the layer that covers the heart and forms the epicardium?
- Visceral layer (correct)
- Parietal layer
- Pericardial layer
- Mesothelial layer
What is enclosed by the posterior tube?
What is enclosed by the posterior tube?
What is the name of the potential space between the parietal and visceral layers?
What is the name of the potential space between the parietal and visceral layers?
What is the location of the transverse sinus of the pericardium?
What is the location of the transverse sinus of the pericardium?
Which artery does the finger pass behind when reaching the transverse sinus?
Which artery does the finger pass behind when reaching the transverse sinus?
What is the structure that the finger appears between at the left end of the transverse sinus?
What is the structure that the finger appears between at the left end of the transverse sinus?
Which of the following boundaries forms the back of the transverse sinus?
Which of the following boundaries forms the back of the transverse sinus?
What is the purpose of reaching the transverse sinus of the pericardium?
What is the purpose of reaching the transverse sinus of the pericardium?
What is the Oblique Sinus of Pericardium?
What is the Oblique Sinus of Pericardium?
What is the boundary of the Oblique Sinus of Pericardium in front?
What is the boundary of the Oblique Sinus of Pericardium in front?
What is the boundary of the Oblique Sinus of Pericardium on the right side?
What is the boundary of the Oblique Sinus of Pericardium on the right side?
How can the Oblique Sinus of Pericardium be reached?
How can the Oblique Sinus of Pericardium be reached?
What is the nerve supply of the fibrous pericardium and parietal layer of serous pericardium?
What is the nerve supply of the fibrous pericardium and parietal layer of serous pericardium?
What is the significance of the nerve supply of the fibrous pericardium and parietal layer of serous pericardium?
What is the significance of the nerve supply of the fibrous pericardium and parietal layer of serous pericardium?
