227 .205 Lecture Notes - Inferior Vena Cava, Pulmonary Pleurae, Interventricular Septum
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2)all species: right side of heart- right ventrical is more cranial. 3)equine thorax: considerably small, a lot of viscera projects forward, a triangular field. Preventing clinical examination by auscultation and percussion of the oragans within unless the forelimb is pulled forward: thoracic spine and whither take up alot of space ad the dorso-ventral space in thorax. R and l pleural cavities- lungs separated by mediastinal pleura and heart. 6)right and left pleural cavitis a)there are two pleural sacs line the throacic cavity that contact each other in the median plane to form the mediastinum. B)the point where the pleura reflects on itself is known as the line of pleural reflection. The mediastinum contains the heart and all ther thoracic organs except the lungs ( which are in the pleural sacs) The caudal vena cava whoch indents the right pleural cavity supported by the caval fold.