Statistics for Mediastinum - 1

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  • The average score is 9 of 18

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At what costal cartilage level do two of these veins converge to produce the superior vena cava?1
100%
What vein joins to the SVC after this?Azygos
75%
The arch of the aorta has 3 branches left common carotid, left subclavian and which third?Brachiocephalic
50%
What vein is formed by the union of the subclavian and jugular veins posterior to the sternoclavicular joint?Brachiocephalic
50%
Which nerve roots does the phrenic nerve arise from?C3-C5
50%
Which pair of arteries (right and left) are the first branches from the aorta?Coronary
50%
What is the most anterior part of the thorasic inlet?Manubrium
50%
What is the name given to the space between the pleural cavities?Mediastinum
50%
Overall which of the phrenic and vagus nerve is more anterior?Phrenic
50%
What type of joint is the firs chondrosternal joint?Primary cartilaginous
50%
What is the name of the plexus that both vagi give sympathetic fibres to, in the thorax?Pulmonary
50%
Both vagi give of a branch, the left after descending behind the left bronchus, the right after passing anteriorly to the right subclavian artery, what is the name of this branch?Recurrent laryngeal nerve
50%
The thorasic duct enters the venous system behind which joint?Sternoclavicular
50%
Which vertebral level demarkates the bottom of the superior compartment of this?T4
50%
At which vertebral levels is the arch of the aorta found?T4/T5
50%
What is the name for the organ found in the superior mediastinum of children, and after puberty it atrophies and undergoes fibrofatty degeneration?Thymus gland
50%
The subclavian has 4 major branches, what is the name given to the one that runs in the cervical vertebraes transverse foramen, before entering the foramen magnum?Vertebral artery
50%
What is the name of the artery that supplies the upper intercostal spaces?Costocervical trunk
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