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mediastinum
Contents:
1) Anterior compartment:
- thymus
- thyroid
- ascending aorta
- innominate artery & vein
- superior vena cava
- fat
- lymph nodes
2) Middle mediastinum
- cardiac chambers
- pericardium
- aortic arch & its branches
- trachea & bronchi
- esophagus
- mediastinal nodes
3) posterior compartment
- lower esophagus
- descending aorta
- sympathetic chain
- intercostal nerves
Related
mediastinal disease (diseases of the mediastinum)
mediastinosopy
General
anatomic region
References
Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 774
Component-of
thorax
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