Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Dissection of pericardium and heart in situ
Thymus and related structures, close-up view
Image #116-6
KEYWORDS: Heart, Left heart, Mediastinum, Pericardial sac, Right heart, Thymus.
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Dissection of pericardium and heart in situ
Thymus and related structures, close-up view
The upper portion of the specimen from the preceding view is shown here to illustrate in more detail the relations of the thymus to nearby mediastinal structures.
- Superior trunk brachial plexus
- Phrenic nerve
- Anterior scalene muscle
- Upper pointer: Vagus nerve Lower pointer: Recurrent laryngeal nerve
- Fibrous remnant of cervical portion of thymus
- Right subclavian artery
- Mediastinal pleura (cut and reflected)
- Cardiac plexus
- Right brachiocephalic vein
- Internal thoracic artery (displaced posteriorly)
- Fascia enclosing thymus
- Pericardiacophrenic artery
- Superior vena cava
- Left internal jugular vein
- Left common carotid artery
- Vagus nerve
- Thoracic duct
- Upper pointer: Subclavian artery Lower pointer: Subclavian vein
- Rib I
- Upper pointer: Left brachiocephalic vein Lower pointer: Internal thoracic vein
- Thymus (right lobe)
- Thymic branch internal thoracic artery
- Thymus (left lobe)
- Superior sternopericardial ligament
- Pericardium