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The situation in which a myocardial infarction can cause pain in the superior thoracic wall and the left arm is known as?
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referred pain
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Is the thoracic cavity is distal to the abdominopelvic cavity?
The thoracic cavity is superior to the abdominopelvic cavity.
What major cavity is superior to the diaphragm?
In physiology superior means above. The cavity superior to the diaphragm is the thoracic cavity
What is the upper limit of the human thoracic cavity?
Superior thoracic aperture
Is the heart medial to the thoracic vertebrae?
Yes the heart is medial to the thoracic vertebrae, and superior to the diaphragm
In describing the relationship of the thoracic and spinal cavities?
superior
Is the abdominopelvic cavity inferior to the thoracic cavity?
Thoracic cavity indicates your chest , the Abdominal cavity indicates your abdomen INFERIOR means under .Your chest is above your abdomen hence the thoracic cavity is SUPERIOR to the Abdominopelvic cavity.
What surface articulates Inferior process of the superior thoracic vertebrae?
There is no inferior process on any vertebrae, thoracic or not. There is an inferior articular facet. The inferior articular facet would articulate with the superior articular facet of the vertebrae just superior to it.
2 The Thoracic vertebrae is inferior to the lumbar vertebrae?
the thoracic spine is above the lumbar spine which means ALL thoracic vertebrae are superior to the lumbar vertebrae.
How many vertebrae are there in each of the three superior region of the vertebral column?
Cervical (most superior portion of the vertebral column) = 7 vertebraeThoracic (just inferior to the cervical region, superior to lumbar) = 12 vertebraeLumbar (inferior to the thoracic region, superior to the sacral region) = 5 vertebrae
What divides the aorta into a superior thoracic aorta and an inferior abdominal aorta?
The diaphragm.
What is the proper order of vertebrae from superior to inferior?
Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Sacral
What are the two locations on a thoracic vertebra where the ribs articulate?
The inferior costal facet and superior costal facet are the points on the thoracic vertebrae at which the ribs articulate.
