Exam 3: The Thorax

The costal margin, used as an aid in locating the correct sternal position for external heart massage during cardiac emergencies, is formed by the inferior aspects of costal cartilages ____________.

A stethoscope placed at the left lower aspect of the sternal border would pick up sounds of the _______________.

The air-filled chambers in the lungs in which gas exchange takes place are the _____________________.

Which of the following statements about breathing is/are true?

The superior and inferior venae cavae enter which chamber of the heart?

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

The entrance and exit in the lung for blood vessels and air tubes is the _________.

Which is the correct description of a dislocated rib?

The vein that drains the upper limbs, head, and neck is the ______________________.

A stethoscope placed at the right sternal border, second interspace, would pick up sounds of the _______________.

The ________ is a small aggregation of specialized cardiac muscle tissue that acts as a pacemaker and initiates the heartbeat.

What is a mitral valve stenosis?

The ___________ nervous system can modify the rate at which the pacemaker initiates the heartbeats.

Asthma is caused by a spasm in the muscle of the ____________________.

A condition in which air is present in the pleural cavity because of a puncture through the thoracic wall or a spontaneous rupture through the lung surface is ______________.

____________ occurs when a coronary vessel is completely occluded and the block of myocardium supplied becomes necrotic and dies.

The _________ is a tubelike portion of the gastrointestinal tract that extends from the pharynx at vertebra C6 to the abdomen at vertebra T11.

Blood flows from the right atrium to the right ventricle through the _____ valve.

The primary function of the cardiac sphincter at the abdominal end of the esophagus is to ____________.

What are the three types of ribs?