Mediastinum Test

Mediastinum is a broad central partition separating two laterally pleural cavities. It extends from?

• The sternum of the bodies of the vertebrae and from the superior thoracic aperture to the diaphargm.

• Trachea to diaphragm

• Bifurcation of the trachea to the origin of great vessels.

• Sternal angle to mediastinal part of parietal pleura.

Which of the following is a structure of the posterior mediastinum?

• Inferior part of thymus

• vena cava

• left and right bronchi

• thoracic aorta

The greater splanchnic nerve arises form the 5th to 9th or 10th thoracic ganglia descends across the vertebral bodies moving in a medial direction

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following structures is NOT part of the middle mediastinum?

• Nerves

• Heart

• Origin of great vessels

• azygous system of veins

Hemiazygous veins arises at the junction between right ascending lumbar vein and right subcostal vein

• TRUE

• FALSE

The sympathetic trunks are a comoponent of:

• Anterior mediastinum

• Posterior mediastinum

• middle mediastinum

• superior mediastinum

What divides the superior mediastinum and inferior mediastinum?

• mediastinal part of parietal pleura

• pleural cavities

• Sternum angle

• Pericardium

What component is part of the anterior mediastinum?

• Inferior part of thymus

• pulmonary trunk

• pulmonary vein

• thoracic aorta

The yellow nodes are the sympathetic trunks which is a component of:

• middle mediastinum

• posterior mediastinum

• anterior mediastinum

• superior mediastinum

Border between superior and inferior mediastinum passes through...

• upper border of T4 vertebra

• lower border of T4 vertebra

• upper border of T5 vertebra

• lower border of T5 vertebra