Phrenic Nerve and Thoracic Cavity Anatomy

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What is the location of the phrenic nerve?

Behind the je bradiocephalic vein

Along the right aspect of the following venous channel (correct)

Along the left aspect of the following venous channel

On the nous side of the medium

What is the path of the right phrenic nerve?

It descends along the arterial side of the pedia (correct)

It ascends along the arterial side of the pedia

It crosses the Arch of the aorta

It leaves the thorac by piercing the inft cupola of the capivagm

What is the structure that the phrenic nerve leaves the thorac by piercing?

The pericardium

The superior intercostal vein

The inft cupola of the capivagm (correct)

The right atria

What is the location of the pericardium?

Ovotell vernicia Signup and view all the answers

What is the direction of the right brachiocephalic vein?

It ascends vertically along the nous side of the medium Signup and view all the answers

Where is the posterior pulmonary plexus located?

Below the root of the lung Signup and view all the answers

Which nerve shares in the formation of the posterior oesophageal plexus?

Right vagus nerve Signup and view all the answers

Where does the formation of the 6 pleurae occur?

From the phage Signup and view all the answers

Which vagus nerve shares in the formation of the anterior oesophageal plexus?

Left vagus nerve Signup and view all the answers

What is the location of the posterior pulmonary plexus in relation to the lung?

Below the lung Signup and view all the answers

Where do the vagus nerves descend through?

The oesophageal opening of the diaphragm Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of the vagus nerve provides parasympathetic fibres to the laryngeal plexus?

Left recurrent laryngeal nerve Signup and view all the answers

Which gastric nerve is formed by the right vagus?

Posterior gastric nerve Signup and view all the answers

What type of fibres do the branches of the vagus nerve provide to the corresponding plexuses?

Parasympathetic fibres Signup and view all the answers

Where are the vagus nerves formed from?

The lower ends of the oesophageal plexuses Signup and view all the answers

What is the origin of the greater splanchnic nerve?

T5-9 ganglia Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of the gray ramus communicans?

Carries postganglionic fibers from the ganglion to the spinal nerve Signup and view all the answers

What is the path of the greater splanchnic nerve as it leaves the thorax?

It pierces the crus of the diaphragm Signup and view all the answers

What is the destination of the greater splanchnic nerve?

Coeliac ganglion Signup and view all the answers

What type of fibers do the splanchnic nerves carry?

Both preganglionic efferent and visceral sensory afferent fibers Signup and view all the answers

What is the location of the sympathetic chain in the thorax?

Medial to the vertebral bodies Signup and view all the answers

Which ganglion does the lowest (east) splanchnic nerve rise from?

11th or 12th Signup and view all the answers

What is the course of the greater splanchnic nerve?

It takes the same course as the lesser splanchnic nerve Signup and view all the answers

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