26 Questions
What is the location of the phrenic nerve?
Along the right aspect of the following venous channel
What is the path of the right phrenic nerve?
It descends along the arterial side of the pedia
What is the structure that the phrenic nerve leaves the thorac by piercing?
The inft cupola of the capivagm
What is the location of the pericardium?
Ovotell vernicia
What is the direction of the right brachiocephalic vein?
It ascends vertically along the nous side of the medium
Where is the posterior pulmonary plexus located?
Below the root of the lung
Which nerve shares in the formation of the posterior oesophageal plexus?
Right vagus nerve
Where does the formation of the 6 pleurae occur?
From the phage
Which vagus nerve shares in the formation of the anterior oesophageal plexus?
Left vagus nerve
What is the location of the posterior pulmonary plexus in relation to the lung?
Below the lung
Where do the vagus nerves descend through?
The oesophageal opening of the diaphragm
Which branch of the vagus nerve provides parasympathetic fibres to the laryngeal plexus?
Left recurrent laryngeal nerve
Which gastric nerve is formed by the right vagus?
Posterior gastric nerve
What type of fibres do the branches of the vagus nerve provide to the corresponding plexuses?
Parasympathetic fibres
Where are the vagus nerves formed from?
The lower ends of the oesophageal plexuses
What is the origin of the greater splanchnic nerve?
T5-9 ganglia
What is the function of the gray ramus communicans?
Carries postganglionic fibers from the ganglion to the spinal nerve
What is the path of the greater splanchnic nerve as it leaves the thorax?
It pierces the crus of the diaphragm
What is the destination of the greater splanchnic nerve?
Coeliac ganglion
What type of fibers do the splanchnic nerves carry?
Both preganglionic efferent and visceral sensory afferent fibers
What is the location of the sympathetic chain in the thorax?
Medial to the vertebral bodies
Which ganglion does the lowest (east) splanchnic nerve rise from?
11th or 12th
What is the course of the greater splanchnic nerve?
It takes the same course as the lesser splanchnic nerve
What is the termination point of the greater splanchnic nerve?
The ganglion of the gnal plem
How many thoracic splanchnic nerves are there?
3 or 4
Which nerve is not part of the thoracic part of the sympathetic chain?
Phrenic nerve
Test your knowledge of the phrenic nerve and its relation to the thoracic cavity. Identify the pathways and structures involved in the nervous system. Learn about the anatomy of the heart and its surrounding vessels.
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