Intermediate Thoracic Nerves Quiz
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Q1. Between which muscle layers does a typical intercostal nerve travel for much of its course?
- External intercostal muscle and skin
- Parietal and visceral pleura
- External and internal intercostal muscles
- Internal and innermost intercostal muscles
Q2. What is the usual superior to inferior arrangement of the principal intercostal neurovascular bundle?
- Nerve, vein, artery
- Vein, artery, nerve
- Nerve, artery, vein
- Artery, vein, nerve
Q3. Which branch of the second intercostal nerve commonly supplies skin of the axilla and medial upper arm?
- Thoracodorsal nerve
- Long thoracic nerve
- Suprascapular nerve
- Intercostobrachial nerve
Q4. Which lower intercostal nerves continue into the abdominal wall as thoracoabdominal nerves?
- T7 through T11
- L2 through L5
- T1 through T4
- C5 through C8
Q5. Which thoracic splanchnic nerve usually receives contributions from sympathetic ganglia at approximately T5 through T9?
- Lesser thoracic splanchnic nerve
- Greater thoracic splanchnic nerve
- Subcostal nerve
- Least thoracic splanchnic nerve
Q6. Which thoracic splanchnic nerve usually arises mainly from the T10 and T11 sympathetic ganglia?
- Lesser thoracic splanchnic nerve
- Phrenic nerve
- Greater thoracic splanchnic nerve
- Intercostobrachial nerve
Q7. Which thoracic splanchnic nerve, when present, is most commonly associated with T12?
- Intercostobrachial nerve
- Least thoracic splanchnic nerve
- Lesser thoracic splanchnic nerve
- Greater thoracic splanchnic nerve
Q8. Which recurrent laryngeal nerve loops inferior to the aortic arch?
- Left phrenic nerve
- Right recurrent laryngeal nerve
- Left recurrent laryngeal nerve
- Right phrenic nerve
Q9. Which plexus is formed partly by branches of the vagus nerves around the esophagus?
- Lumbar plexus
- Brachial plexus
- Sacral plexus
- Esophageal plexus
Q10. Which nerve provides sensory innervation to the fibrous pericardium and mediastinal pleura?
- Vagus nerve
- Greater thoracic splanchnic nerve
- Phrenic nerve
- Subcostal nerve