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Anatomy (Thorax Set 2)
MCQ
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The hemiazygos vein does NOT receive blood from which of the following?
The hemiazygos vein receives blood from the left subcostal vein, ascending lumbar veins, the inferior three posterior intercostal veins, inferior esophageal veins, and small mediastinal veins
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Which of the following are innervated by dorsal rami?
The levatores costarum are innervated by the dorsal primary rami of C8–T11.
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Which of the following is NOT a branch of the aorta in the thorax?
Branches of the aorta in the thorax include the posterior intercostal, bronchial, esophageal, and superior phrenic arteries
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Which of the following is NOT a branch of the right coronary artery?
The branches of the right coronary artery include the SA nodal, right marginal, posterior interventricular, and AV nodal arteries
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The pericardium does NOT receive blood supply from which of the following?
The pericardium receives blood supply from the pericardiacophrenic artery, musculophrenic artery, bronchial arteries, esophageal arteries, superior phrenic arteries, and coronary arteries
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The azygos vein receives blood from which of the following?
The azygos vein receives blood from the posterior intercostal veins, vertebral venous plexuses, mediastinal veins, esophageal veins, and bronchial veins
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The posterior mediastinum does NOT include which of the following?
The posterior mediastinum includes the thoracic aorta, thoracic duct, posterior mediastinal lymph nodes, azygos and hemiazygos veins, esophagus, esophageal plexus, thoracic sympathetic trunks, and thoracic splanchnic nerves
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The musculophrenic arteries give rise to which of the following?
The musculophrenic artery gives rise to anterior intercostal arteries for intercostal spaces 7–9
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With which of the following does the intercostobrachial nerve communicate?
The intercostobrachial nerve communicates with the medial brachial cutaneous nerve
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Sympathetic nerves do NOT contribute to which of the following?
The diaphragm receives somatic efferent and afferent innervation—not sympathetic innervation
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Which of the following is correct?
While a person is supine, the arch of the aorta lies superior to the transverse thoracic plane
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Which of the following is NOT part of the chest?
The chest consists of 12 pairs of ribs, the sternum, costal cartilages, and 12 thoracic vertebrae
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The mammary glands are modified versions of which type of gland?
The mammary glands are modified sweat glands
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The accessory hemiazygos vein parallels the vertebral column along which vertebral levels?
The accessory hemiazygos descends on the left side of the vertebral column from T5 through T8
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Which of the following is a saddle-type synovial joint?
The sternoclavicular joint is a saddle-type synovial joint
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Anterior and posterior intercostals arteries pass between which two layers?
Anterior and posterior intercostal arteries pass between the internal and innermost intercostal muscles
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Which of the following areas do NOT receive visceral afferent fibers?
Visceral afferent fibers are distributed to bronchial mucosa, bronchial muscles, interalveolar connective tissue, and pulmonary arteries and veins
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Which of the following is a special feature of a thoracic vertebra?
Thoracic vertebrae have costal facets or demifacets on their bodies, costal facets on the transverse processes (for the first 9 or 10 thoracic vertebrae), and long spinous processes
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Which of the following is NOT contained in the superior mediastinum?
The superior mediastinum contains the thymus, great vessels and their branches, vagus nerves, phrenic nerves, cardiac plexus, left recurrent laryngeal nerve, trachea, esophagus, thoracic duct, and prevertebral muscles
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Which of the following is NOT likely to contribute to chest pain?
Chest pain may result from cardiac disease, pulmonary disease, intestinal problems, gallbladder disorders, and musculoskeletal disorders
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Which of the following may compress the esophagus?
The esophagus is compressed by the aortic arch, left main bronchus, and diaphragm
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Of the bronchopulmonary segments in the superior lobe of the left lung, which two are combined to form the lingula?
The superior and inferior bronchopulmonary segments of the superior lobe of the left lung combine to form the lingula
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Which of the following does NOT supply the breast with blood?
The breast is supplied by the internal thoracic, lateral thoracic, thoracoacromial, and posterior intercostal arteries
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Which of the following do NOT elevate the ribs?
The serratus posterior inferior depresses the ribs
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The thymus is supplied by which of the following?
The thymus is supplied by the anterior intercostal and anterior mediastinal branches of the internal thoracic artery
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