MEDICAL
THORACIC WALL
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Question
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A surgeon while performing surgery on the diaphragm is tracing the opening of the inferior vena cava. Which of the following part of the diaphragm contain this opening?
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Central tendon
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Right crus of the diaphragm
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Left crus of the diaphragm
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Sternal attachment of the diaphragm
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The muscle fibers of the diaphragm converge and attach to the central tendon of the diaphragm. It is a thin but strong layer of aponeurosis which forms an intergral part of respiration.
Detailed explanation-2: -Innervation. The diaphragm is supplied by the phrenic and lower intercostal nerves 2.
Detailed explanation-3: -The figure below shows the openings in the diaphragm: A=vena cava, B=esophagus, C=aorta. The muscular diaphragm surrounds the central tendon in the periphery.
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