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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Dissection of diaphragm

Right phrenic nerve and phrenic lymphatic plexus viewed from above and in front

Image #130-3

KEYWORDS: Lymphatics, Peripheral nervous system.

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Dissection of diaphragm
Right phrenic nerve and phrenic lymphatic plexus viewed from above and in front
1 . Phrenic nerve right (stretched to display branches)
2 . Central tendon (right and central divisions)
3 . Inferior vena cava (cut off)
4 . Phrenic lymph node
5 . Costal part of diaphragm
6 . Pericardium
7 . Esophagus
8 . Mediastinal pleura (cut along right pulmonary ligament)
9 . Left vagus nerve
10 . Posterior mediastinal lymph node
11 . Phrenicoesophageal membrane
12 . Lymph vessel