Bassett Collection Large Image - Lane Medical Library, Stanford University Medical Center

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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.

1 .	Vagus nerve right
2 .	Inferior cervical cardiac vein
3 .	Inferior cardiac branch of vagus nerve
4 .	Right brachiocephalic vein
5 .	Brachiocephalic trunk
6 .	Posterior mediastinal lymph node
7 .	Filaments of cardiac plexus (two pointers encompass plexus)
8 .	Superior vena cava (cut across)
9 .	Right coronary artery (cut off)
10 .	Right superior pulmonary vein (at entrance into left atrium)
11 .	Left pointer: Trachea Right pointer: Esophagus
12 .	Stellate ganglion
13 .	Middle cervical cardiac nerve
14 .	Thoracic duct (cut off)
15 .	Superior cardiac branch vagus nerve
16 .	Vagus nerve left
17 .	Left subclavian artery
18 .	Recurrent laryngeal nerve
19 .	Pericardium
20 .	Pulmonary trunk
21 .	Cardiac ganglion
22 .	Left coronary artery