Short Answer Questions (SAQ)
Thorax - Gross Anatomy - 2
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1. In the heart, what are the structures forming the :
a. right border?
(1.5)
b. left border?
(1)
c. anterior surface? (1)
d. posterior surface? (1)
e. inferior surface? (1)
2. What is the significance of the smooth and rough parts of the right atrium? The left atrium? (4)
3. Name the valves of the heart and state their locations. (4)
4. What are auricles? (1)
5. What are papillary muscles? Why are they important? (2)
6. What is conducting system of the heart? Name its parts and state their locations. (6)
7. What is the functional importance of the atrioventricular node? (2)
8. What is the function of the coronary arteries? (1)
9. What are the branches of the left coronary artery? What structures do they supply? (2)
10. What is meant by an "end artery"? (2)
11. What effect does the vagus nerve have on the heart? (1)
12. List two differences between the right and the left lungs. (2)
13. What is hilum of the lung? (1)
14. What is a bronchopulmonary segment? (1)
15. What kind of blood is carried by the pulmonary artery? Pulmonary vein? (1)
16. State two differences between parietal and visceral pleura. (2)