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thorax, mediastium, abdomen

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superior thorax
manubrium (+ superior surface of sternoclavicular joint)
rib 1
T1
inferior thoracic aperture
12th thoracic vertebrae (posteriorly)
floating ribs 12 and 11
anterior: ribs 10-7
xiphisternal joint
clavical is NOT in thoracic wall, but is in
appendicular skeleton (skeleton belonging to arms)
area of thoracic cavity not taken up by the lungs
mediastium
superior mediastinum
superior to the heart
inferior mediastium
beneath the superior portion of the heart

divided intoL anterior mediastium
middle mediastium
anterior mediastinum
anterior to the heart
middle mediastinum
heart and pericardium within this space
posterior mediastium
posterior to the heart
superior mediastium of thoracic cavity is posterior to the ________ of the strnum and anterior to the bodies of the first four _______________
superior mediastium of thoracic cavity is posterior to the MANUBRIUM of the sternum and anterior to the bodies of the first four THORACIC VERTEBRAE
structures of superior mediastium
aorta*
left and right braciocephalic veins*
trachea*
esophagus*
thoracic duct*
lymph nodes*
azygous vein*
posterior mediastium contains
descending thoracic aorta *
azygous vein
esophagus
thoracic duct
one of the few striated muscles that is unpaired
diaphragm (others: pharyngeal constrictors + esophagus)
hiatus
gap
dome-shaped muscle with large CENTRAL tendon --> some openings into abdomen are
esophageal and aortic hiatuses and inferior vena cava opening
small intestine superior to inferior
dueodenum
jejunum
ileum
sigmoid colon

all parts of the colon have ________ sacculations and three ________ or bands of longitudinally-arranged smooth muscle
all parts of the colon have HAUSTRA sacculations and three TENIA or bands of longitudinally-arranged smooth muscle
largest gland in the body
liver
only gland in the body to have a gall bladder to store and concentrate its exocrine secretion, the bile
liver
above gall bladder
inferior vena cava
Crossbar of the H is the
porta hepatis
hepatic artery of H
delivers oxygen-rich blood to metabolically active liver
hepatic portal vein
carries nutrients absorbed by the intestines that will be processed by the liver
also in porta hepatis are left and right hepatic ducts which carry
bile out of the liver, to the gall bladder, and finally to the duodenum
hepatopancreatic ampulla opens into the duodenum as
major duodenal papilla
accessory pancreatic duct sometimes opens into the duodenum as the
minor duodenal papilla
largest lymphatic organ in body
spleen
spleen properties
hilum containing vessels
no digestive function
HAS function with immune response and destruction of old ertyhrocytes
thoracic duct and cisterna chyli
abdomen
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