Chapter 1- Thorax

Clinically Oriented Anatomy 7Th Ed By Agur Dalley

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Chapter 1- Thorax

 

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17. A plain radiograph of a patient following a knife wound to the left side of his neck showed elevation of the left hemidiaphragm, narrowing of the left intercostals spaces, and displacement of the trachea to the left. You suspect:
  A) hemothorax due to blood from the wound.
  B) pneumothorax due to knife penetration of the cervical pleura.
  C) transection of the phrenic nerve.
  D) transection of the sympathetic trunk.
  E) pleurisy.
  Ans: B

 

 

18. Which of the following would be the safest locations to insert a needle for thoracocentesis of the pleural cavity during expiration?
  A) immediately superior to the 10th rib at the midaxillary line
  B) immediately inferior to the 9th rib at the midaxillary line
  C) immediately superior to the 5th rib at the midclavicular line
  D) between the costal cartilages of the left 4th and 5th ribs
  E) between the costal cartilages of the right 4th and 5th ribs
  Ans: A

 

 

19. During auscultation of the lungs:
  A) it is normal to hear the sliding of the parietal and visceral layers of pleura.
  B) it is normal to hear the movement of the pleural fluid.
  C) pleural rub sounds indicate pleuritis or pleurisy.
  D) pleural rub sounds indicate a loss of negative pressure in the pleural cavity.
  E) pleural rub sounds indicate pneumonia.
  Ans: C

 

 

20. Which of the following is incorrect pertaining to the surface anatomy of the lungs?
  A) Typically, the right lung has three lobes, and the left lung has two.
  B) The lingula extends into and out of the costodiaphragmatic recess during respiration.
  C) Vascular and nervous structures enter each lung at its hilum.
  D) The apex of each lung is in contact with the diaphragm.
  E) The mediastinal surface of each lung is related to the heart and pericardium.
  Ans: D

 

 

21. Which of the following is incorrect pertaining to bronchopulmonary segments?
  A) Each is separated from adjacent segments by visceral pleura.
  B) Each is supplied independently by a tertiary bronchus and tertiary branch of the pulmonary artery.
  C) Each is surgically resectable.
  D) Each is drained by intersegmental parts of the pulmonary veins that lie in the tissue between segments.
  E) There are approximately eight to ten in each lung.
  Ans: A

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