Take a transverse section of one of the following areas and list ALL the organ s

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Take a transverse section of one of the following areas and list ALL the organ systems you would encounter, and the names of the organs/structures in the section which we learned during the semester:

•Chest at the middle of the body of sternum

Imagine taking a sword and being cut in half. What organ systems would that sword come across? Within each organ systems which organs would you have come across? Within each organ which structure, and/or layers would you have come across. Don’t need to get into tissue or cells. Be Consistent.

Explanation / Answer

If you cut an individual in transverse section starting from anterior to posterior side , the below are the organ you might cut

1. Sternum,

2. Parietal layer of pericardium.

3.Anterior mediastinum

4. Pleural Cavity

5. Pericardial membrane of the heart

6.Heart

a. Pulmonary trunk.

7. Thoracic wall.

8. Lungs (left & right)

9. Left Pulmonary vein & artery.

10. Left main Bronchus

11. Visceral Pleura

12.Parietal Pleura

13. Root of hilum at lung

14. Oeshophagus

15.Vertebrae

16. Aorta

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