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Pulmonary
ligament 7;-r"t7r"nit-.:--t-

Mediastinal
part

a
)f

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Superior thoracic aperture

Rib I
Scapula

Subclavian Coracoid
artery and vein process
Trachea Clavicle

Recurrent _ _ ____
lary ng eal ne rve
Vertebral a rtery _ ___
Dome o f pl e ura - -- rV \ /

Subclavian vein
Co mmon carotid
a rtery
Trachea on - -- - - ' - - - Sternohyoid
oesophagus on
sternothyroid
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Costomediastinal
recesses

:~tca~y~~----,
~--- -- - -

10 10
c:::=:i Lungs (covered
by visceral pleura)
Costodiaphragmatic c::::::J Parietal pleura
recesses
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Manubrium sterni
Sternohyoid muscle
Sternothyroid muscle
Thymus
Brachiocephalic artery
Right brachiocephalic vein
Left subclavian artery Right phrenic nerve

Trachea - ---;t---;~ !:=~~ t l-=t~

Left recurrent laryngeal nerv
Oesophagus ervical Pleura
Thoracic duct

1st rib 1st intercostal nerve

Superior intercostal artery
1st posterior intercostal vein
Sympathetic trunk

1st Thoracic Vertebtra

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_:.
... '

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communls lobus cll'xlN thv1oidl',I sinistN

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A u. V. rnbd,wi,1

A 11. V. thorJciCJ

~<rr- - - - V. br.ichrO-
cephJliu slnisrr.1

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pc:1ic,1rdi.lco- Plrur.t pariclo,lis,
phrenlc,1, r Jrs mcdi,1-
N. phrenicus stinalis

Pt/Imo sinister

A. u. V. pericardl.}CO· N. phrnicus. Pleura p.1rict.11is.

phrC'nico,, Rr. pC'ric,udi.lCi Rr. pNicardiaci Pelf!. diJphrclgmclliCd
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CROSS (AXIAL) SECTIONS OF

MEDIASTINUM LOOKING UP
Superior vena cava
Right phrenic

Brachiocephalic artery
Right vagus
Oesophagus----+-....__ - _!,I

Thoracic duct
Left recurrent laryngeal
0 nerve

Superior vena cava Left phrenic

Right phrenic Left vagus

Azygos arch - --- Left recurrent laryngeal

Right vagus
Oesophagus

Ascending aorta~ ~) Pulmonary trunk

Superior vena cava / r--
cr)-- Left phrenic
Right phrenic ~
0 ~• 0 Left vagus
Right vagus - ::,
Thoracic du~ Descending aorta

Azygos vein ~ @ Oesophagus