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MRAD 117 Chest

Terms in this set (19)

What are the two important boney landmarks of the thorax there and used for locating the CR on a PA and AP chess radiograph
Vertebra Prominens
Jugular Notch
What are the four divisions of the respiratory system
Pharynx
Trachea
Bronchi
Lungs
List the three divisions of the structure located approximately to the larynx that serves as a common passageway for both food and air
Nasopharynx
Oropharynx
Laryngopharynx
What is the name of the structure that acts as a lid over the lyrics to prevent foreign object such as food particles from entering the respiratory system?
Epiglottis
What bone is seen in the anterior portion of the neck and is found just below the tongue or floor of the roof of the mouth
Hyoid
If a person accidentally inhaled a food particles which Broncos is it most likely to enter, and why?
Right bronchus
More vertical and wider diameter
What is the name of the prominence, orange, scene when looking down into the bronchus where it divides into the right and left bronchi? At what vertebral level is this located?
Carina
T4-T5
What is the term for the small air sacs located at the distal end of the bronchioles, in which oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged in the blood?
Alveoli
What is the name of the delicate, double walled sack or membrane that contains the lungs?
Pleura
What is the name of the outer layer of the delicate, double walled sack or membrane that contains the lungs and adheres to the inner surface of the chest wall?
Parietal pleura
What is the name of the inner layer of the delicate, double walled sack or membrane that contains the lungs and adheres to the surface of the lungs?
Pulmonary/visceral pleura
Name of the condition that results in air or gas that enters the plural cavity
Pneumothorax
Name of the central area in which bronchi and blood vessels enter the lungs
Hilum
Name of the extreme, outer most lower corner of the lung
Costophrenic Angle
List the four important structures located in the mediastinum
Heart and vessels
Thymus gland
Esophagus
Trachea
Name of the double walled membrane that encloses the heart
Pericardium
Which type of body habitus is associated with a broad and deep thorax?
Hypersthenic
Which body habituses may cause the costophrenic angles to be cut off if careful vertical collimation is not used
Hyposthenic and Asthenic
What is the minimum number of ribs that should be demonstrated above the diaphragm on a PA radiograph of an average adult chest with full inspiration
10
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