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KEYWORDS: Diaphragm, Lung, Mediastinum, Muscles and tendons, Pleura.

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Dissection of thorax from a posterior approach

Thoracic viscera.

The posterior half of the costal pleura has been removed. The superior and posterior parts of the mediastinum have been dissected.

1 .	Upper lobe left lung
2 .	Oblique fissure
3 .	Thoracic duct
4 .	Esophagus
5 .	Posterior intercostal artery II
6 .	Lower lobe left lung
7 .	Accessory hemiazygos vein
8 .	Thoracic aorta (note origins of paired posterior intercostal arteries)
9 .	Pericardium
10 .	Upper pointer: Pulmonary ligament Lower pointer: Hemiazygos vein
11 .	Greater splanchnic nerves (cut off)
12 .	Rib IX
13 .	Intervertebral disc Th. XI-XII
14 .	Posterior longitudinal ligament
15 .	Spinal cord
16 .	Cupula pleurae
17 .	Intervertebral disc Th. II- III
18 .	Upper lobe right lung
19 .	Trachea
20 .	Oblique fissure
21 .	Azygos vein (passing anteriorly to join superior vena cava)
22 .	Right main bronchus
23 .	Right pulmonary artery
24 .	Right inferior pulmonary vein
25 .	Right vagus nerve
26 .	Inferior lobe right lung
27 .	Azygos vein
28 .	Pericardium enclosing inferior vena cava
29 .	Diaphragm
30 .	Mediastinal pleura