Thorax Lab 3

Bones

Vertebrae (review "Introduction to vertebrae and naming spinal nerves"  ILM videos from Block 1)

Features common to all vertebrae:

Vertebral body

Vertebral arch

Vertebral foramen

Pedicle

Lamina

Spinous process

Transverse process

Superior and inferior articular processes

Intervertebral foramen

Cervical vertebrae

Transverse foraminae (for the vertebral artery)

Thoracic vertebrae

Lumbar vertebrae

Sacral vertebrae

Coccygeal vertebrae

Scapula

Acromion

Spine

Borders (e.g., medial margin)

Superior angle

Inferior angle

Vessels

Superior vena cava (SVC)

Inferior vena cava (IVC)

Pulmonary trunk

Ascending aorta

Pulmonary vv. (4)

Heart features

Apex

Base of the heart

Interventricular septum

Coronary vessels

Anterior interventricular a.

(= left anterior descending a. = LAD)

Posterior interventricular a.

(= posterior descending a.)

Coronary sinus

Pectinate muscles

Right/left atria

Interatrial septum

Fossa ovalis and foramen ovale

Tricuspid valve 

Trabeculae carneae

Papillary muscles

Chordae tendineae

Pulmonary semilunar valve (= pulmonic valve)

Right/left ventricles

Bicuspid = mitral = left AV valve

Aortic semilunar valve = aortic valve

Muscles

Trapezius m.

Latissimus dorsi m.

Rhomboid major m.

Rhomboid minor m.

Levator scapulae m.

Serratus anterior m.

Erector spinae mm.

Nerves

Spinal accessory n. (CN XI)

Miscellaneous

Midaxillary line

Iliac crest

Triangle of auscultation

Thoracolumbar fascia = thoracodorsal fascia

Neurovascular bundles

Clinical correlation

Laminectomy

Bones

Vertebrae (see 

Features common to all vertebrae:

Vertebral body

Vertebral arch

Vertebral foramen

Pedicle

Lamina

Spinous process

Transverse process

Superior and inferior articular processes

Intervertebral foramen

Cervical vertebrae

Transverse foraminae (for the vertebral artery)

Thoracic vertebrae

Lumbar vertebrae

Sacral vertebrae

Coccygeal vertebrae

Scapula

Acromion

Spine

Borders (e.g., medial margin)

Superior angle

Inferior angle

Vessels

Superior vena cava (SVC)

Inferior vena cava (IVC)

Pulmonary trunk

Ascending aorta

Pulmonary vv. (4)

Heart features

Apex

Base of the heart

Interventricular septum

Coronary vessels

Anterior interventricular a.

(= left anterior descending a. = LAD)

Posterior interventricular a.

(= posterior descending a.)

Coronary sinus

Pectinate muscles

Right/left atria

Interatrial septum

Fossa ovalis and foramen ovale

Tricuspid valve 

Trabeculae carneae

Papillary muscles

Chordae tendineae

Pulmonary semilunar valve (= pulmonic valve)

Right/left ventricles

Bicuspid = mitral = left AV valve

Aortic semilunar valve = aortic valve

Muscles

Trapezius m.

Latissimus dorsi m.

Rhomboid major m.

Rhomboid minor m.

Levator scapulae m.

Serratus anterior m.

Erector spinae mm.

Spinal canal contents

Epidural space

Dura mater

Subdural space

Arachnoid mater

Subarachnoid space

Pia mater

Denticulate ligaments

Anterior and posterior roots

Dorsal root ganglia

Miscellaneous

Midaxillary line

Iliac crest

Triangle of auscultation

Thoracolumbar fascia = thoracodorsal fascia

Neurovascular bundles

Clinical correlation

Laminectomy