Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
Dissection of mediastinum and paravertebral structures
Superior mediastinum.
Image #127-4
KEYWORDS: Left lung, Lung, Mediastinum, Pericardial sac, Peripheral nervous system, Vasculature.
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Dissection of mediastinum and paravertebral structures
Superior mediastinum.
The lymph nodes and vessels which were shown in the previous view have been removed from the dissection.
- Vagus nerve right
- Inferior cervical cardiac vein
- Inferior cardiac branch of vagus nerve
- Right brachiocephalic vein
- Brachiocephalic trunk
- Posterior mediastinal lymph node
- Filaments of cardiac plexus (two pointers encompass plexus)
- Superior vena cava (cut across)
- Right coronary artery (cut off)
- Right superior pulmonary vein (at entrance into left atrium)
- Left pointer: Trachea Right pointer: Esophagus
- Stellate ganglion
- Middle cervical cardiac nerve
- Thoracic duct (cut off)
- Superior cardiac branch vagus nerve
- Vagus nerve left
- Left subclavian artery
- Recurrent laryngeal nerve
- Pericardium
- Pulmonary trunk
- Cardiac ganglion
- Left coronary artery