Vivas Week 20

1. Describe the surface anatomy of the lungs and the pleura

What are the anatomic structures to consider when inserting a lateral intercostal catheter?

2.

Using the model, identify the great vessels which enter and exit the heart

Identify the arteries that supply the heart

Which areas of the heart are supplied by the left coronary artery and its branches?

Describe the position of the heart in the left hemithorax

3. Describe the common causes of bowel obstruction

How does a hernia form, and cause a bowel obstruction?

Describe some important clinical sequelae of an ongoing bowel obstruction

4. In a poisoned patient what modalities are available for decontamination?

How does activated charcoal work?

Name some drugs or agents that activated charcoal is not effective in

Name a drug where repeated doses of activated charcoal may assist in elimination of the drug

5. For this question you will need McMinns Clinical Atlas of Human Anatomy

• Turn to page 206 (7th edition)
• Cover the answers

Identify the venous structures in this image

Identify the major arterial structures in this image

What other structures can you identify?

What are some complications of an internal jugular vein insertion?

6. How is iron absorbed from the gastro-intestinal tract?

What factors reduce iron absorption from the gastro-intestinal tract?

How is iron transported in the plasma?

7.

What structures make up the mediastinal contours?

Which lobes of the lung lie adjacent to the right and left cardio-mediastinum?