KROK 1 2017 – Question 1 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
A 35-year-old man has been delivered into a surgical ward with a suppurating wound in the neck, anterior to the trachea (previsceral space). If a surgical operation is not performed urgently, there is a risk of infection spreading to the:
- A. Thoracic cavity - anterior mediastinum
- B. Thoracic cavity - posterior mediastinum
- C. Interaponeurotic suprasternal space
- D. Thoracic cavity - middle mediastinum
- E. Retrovisceral space
Hint
Trace the neck space in front of the trachea downward through the upper opening of the chest and ask which compartment it communicates with.
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