Thorax pt 1

Which of the following muscles is not an example of an accessory muscle of respiration?

• Intercostal muscles

• Sternocleidomastoid

• Scalene muscles

• Pectorilis minor

Which of the following ribs are considered atypical?

• 1,2

• 3,4

• 5,6

• 7,8

Which of the following pleura lines the lungs?

• parietal pleura

• visceral pleura

Costotransverse joints are what type of joint?

• fibrous

• cartilaginous

• synovial

Which structure runs through the caval opening of the diaphragm?

• superior vena cava

• inferior vena cava

• aorta

• abdominal aorta