Condensed Anatomy

Question 1

what is located in the left medial 4th and 5th intercostal spaces

Answer 1

• right ventricle

Question 2

what is located behind the sternal angle

Answer 2

• aorta

Question 3

travelling down intercostal space from superior to inferior

Answer 3

vein

artery

nerve

Question 4

what is located in the left lateral 3rd intercostal space

Answer 4

• left auricle

Question 5

what is located in the left lateral 4th and 5th intercostal space

Answer 5

• left ventricle

Question 6

what is located in the right medial 4th intercostal space

Answer 6

• right atrium

Question 7

what is located in the right medial 1st, 2nd, and third intercostal space

Answer 7

• superior vena cava

Question 8

left dominary coronary system

which blood vessel supplies the posterior descending artery

Answer 8

• left cirumflex

Question 9

what branches off the internal thoracic arteries - and on which side

Answer 9

• superior epigastric (medial) - musculophrenic (lateral)

Question 10

what is located behind the manubrium

Answer 10

• left brachiocephalic vein

Question 11

right dominant coronary artery system

which blood vessel directly stimulates the posterior descending artery

Answer 11

right coronary artery

Question 12

internal thoracic artery branches off of

Answer 12

• subclavian

Question 13

Answer 13

A. right coronary artery

B. left coronary artery

C. left circumflex

D. LAD

E. left obtuse

F. right marginal

Question 14

sternal angle is opposite of what vertebrae

marks what rib

Answer 14

T4/5

2nd costal

Question 15

what are the ventral rami of thoracic spinal nerves

Answer 15

intercostal nerves

Question 16

what artery is often used as a graft for coronary bypass surgery

Answer 16

internal thoracic artery