| Question |
Answer |
| The trachea begins at the level of what vertebrae? | C6 |
| What is the name of the cartilage over the larynx? | cricoid |
| At what level does the trachea end (branch into primary bronchus)? | The level of the inferior border of T4 or the intervertebral disc between T4/T5 |
| The division of the trachea into Rt and Lt primary bronchus is maked interiorly by what structure? | carina |
| Describe the posterior wall of the trachea. | fibromuscular membrane |
| What is the shape of the tracheal cartilages? | U-shaped |
| The arch of the aorta is anatomically related in what way to the trachea? | anteriorly |
| The left brachiocephalic vein is anatomically related in what way to the trachea? | anteriorly |
| The esophagus is anatomically related in what way to the trachea? | posteriorly |
| The arch of the azygos vein is anatomically related in what way to the trachea? | to the right |
| The left recurrent laryngeal nerve is anatomically related in what way to the trachea? | in the groove between trachea and esophagus |
| This bronchus wider, shorter, and more vertical? | the right bronchus |
| The apex of the lung projects _______________ and is about 1.5 in. above the __________________. | upward, clavicle |
| The base of the lung is also know as what surface? | diaphragmatic |
| This is a depression in the medistinal surface of the lung which bronchi, blood and lymph vessels, and nerves enter or leave? | hilum |
| The bronchi, blood and lymph vessels, and nerves that enter or leave the lung are know collectively as what? | root of the lung |
| Which of the lungs is larger? | right lung |
| The impression for the arch of the aorta would be noted on which lung's medistinal surface? | left |
| The impression for the arch of the azygos vein would be noted on the mediatinal surface of which lung? | right |
| The cardiac impression is larger on the mediastinal surface of which lung? | left |
| These are functional and structurely independent units of the lung lobes, also known as _________________ bronchi? | bronchopulonmary segments, segmental or tertiary bronchi |
| The veins of the bronchopulmonary segments are arrangement in what relationship to the segments? | intersegmental (lie in connective tissue between segments) |
| The superior lingular segment would be found in which lung? | the left lung |
| The root of each lung contains how many pulmonary arteries? | 1 per lung |
| The root of each lung contains how many pulmonary veins? | 2 per lung |
| Which lungs pulmonary artery lies anterior to the principle bronchus of that lung? | right lung |
| In the left lung the pulmonary artery is anatomical related in what way to the bronchus? | superiorly |
