Thorax/Abdomen — Flashcards

Flashcard 21: Which lymph node cluster drains the stomach, spleen, liver, and pancreas? _____

Answer: Celiac

Flashcard 22: Which type of hernia involves protrusion of abdominal structures into the thorax? _____

Answer: Diaphragmatic hernia

Flashcard 23: Which type of inguinal hernia involves protrusion of the bowel through the superficial inguinal ring only? _____

Answer: Direct inguinal hernia

Flashcard 24: Injury to the long thoracic nerve can occur during: #1 - _____ wounds #2 - axillary lymph node dissection #3 - chest tube insertion

Answer: stab

Flashcard 25: What is the medial border of the inguinal (Hesselbach) triangle? _____

Answer: Lateral border of rectus abdominis

Flashcard 26: Direct inguinal hernias herniate _____ to the inferior epigastric vessels

Answer: medial

Extra: * Arterial and venous tubes = inferior epigastric vessels; striated wooden wall= rectus abdominis muscle

Flashcard 27: Lobules and small ducts of breast tissue are present in highest density in the _____ quadrant

Answer: upper outer

Extra: * this is why invasive ductal carcinoma is most common in the upper outer quadrant of the breast

Flashcard 28: Inflammation of the _____ pleura, gallbladder, pericardium, and mediastinal pleura refer pain to the right shoulder via the phrenic nerve (C3-C5)

Answer: diaphragmatic

Flashcard 29: Blood flows from the right ventricle to the pulmonary artery through the _____ valve

Answer: pulmonic

Flashcard 30: The anastomosis of what arteries allows perfusion of the celiac trunk and the SMA by each other in cases where either is thrombosed or ligated? _____

Answer: Superior and inferior pancreaticoduodenal arteries